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Zero, "0" is more
than an integer; or, a place holder, in the Hindu-Arabic numbering
system. Such a use for zero evolved much later than the other nine
Hindu-Arabic integer symbols.
Zero along with One,
"1," are, also, closely related as having symbolic connotations
pertaining to Infinity, the singularity.
Zero as with negative numbers was a subtle concept that appeared, and
then, disappeared over centuries of time.
During these centuries when zero was an uncertainty, the greatest
mathematicians of their time struggled with problems of dividing by
zero, squaring zero, obtaining the square root of zero, multiplying and dividing
zero by zero, etc.
The concept of zero still causes problems today; as, many people
incorrectly celebrated the new millennium on January 1, 2000, which
represented the passing of only 1,999 years; rather
than, correctly celebrating the following year.
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