The nothing that is. A natural history of zero

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Authors Robert Kaplan

Publication date 11 September 2001

zbMATH Keywords

calendar questionsdifferential calculusGreckHinduhistory of zerointeger zerolimitsMayanumber theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) General histories, source books (01A05)

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