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Cultural, Historical, Mathematical, and Psychological Perspectives


"A delightful site for writers and lovers of words and language. It is all about the number zero, its place in the history, philosophy, and world literatures.

We have heard of calling someone 'a total zero' as an insult, but what does 'zero' really mean? This thoughtful and informative Website from Dr. Hossein Arsham, Wright Distinguished Research Professor of Statistics and Management Science at the University of Baltimore, discusses the history and philosophy of zero.
Items presented in this site include arguments for and against dividing by zero, the ideas of zero as a void and as a number, zero in limits, square roots, and divergent series and floating points. The text is peppered with links to related mathematics, computer science, and history of mathematics sites. The Zero Saga is a good read for mathematicians, college and graduate level students in mathematics, or anyone interested in logic.

A discussion of the mathematical problems associated with the number zero. The purpose of this page is to raise students and teachers awareness of issues with zero and other numbers. Imprecise mathematical thinking is by no means unknown. But, argues Dr. Arsham, we need to think more clearly if we are to keep out of trouble. This site is entertaining and educational, two concepts that need to go together in math education. The Menu has links to quickly bring the viewer to the desirable section. Scrolling through the document is also an option

Presents a historical and cultural views of Zero including detailed account of the Islamic Culture to its major development and its influence into European Culture which enabled scientists to do computations which were not possible with the dominated Roman numbers with serious drawbacks including lack of zero."


Zero Saga

Numbers Rule the Universe.

-- Pythagoras


The introduction of zero into the decimal system in the 13th century was the most significant achievement in the development of a number system, in which calculation with large numbers became feasible. Without the notion of zero, the descriptive and prescriptive modeling processes in commerce, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and industry would have been unthinkable. The lack of such a symbol is one of the serious drawbacks in the Roman numeral system. In addition, the Roman numeral system is difficult to use in any arithmetic operations, such as multiplication. The purpose of this site is to raise students and teachers awareness of issues in working with zero and other numbers. Imprecise mathematical thinking is by no means unknown; however, we need to think more clearly if we are to keep out of confusions.
Professor Hossein Arsham


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Introduction
A Common Fallacy
Dividing by Zero Can Get You into Trouble!
A Sample of the Grown-ups' Arguments Insisting on Dividing by Zero
What About Taking the Limit?
Educating the Educators
Act of Dividing by Zero Is a Meaningless Operation: Forget Its Result
Origin of the Common Fallacy: Dividing by Zero
The Need for Numbers
The Two Notions of Zero
Is Zero Either Positive or Negative?
Is Zero an Even or Odd Number?
Zero is "not there"
Is 1 a Number or Just a "Unit" for Counting?
Origin of Infinity and its Symbol
Other Apparent Difficulties with Zero
Descartes' Representations of Numbers
Vectors and Numbers: Two Distinct Representations of Numbers
Multiplication of Two Fractions
Multiplication of Two Negative Numbers
Trigonometric Functions and Measuring Angles
Mathematics Is for Unification and Extensions
Genealogy of Rational and Irrational Numbers
The Two Numbers Nature Cares Most: Inventions or Discoveries
Equation: Its Structure, Roots, and Solutions
SQRT(4) = +2, and - 2 right? Misplacement of the Sign
1 = 2 right? Confusions between Continuous and Discrete Variables
1 = 5 right? Confusions between Numbers and Operations
Recurring Fractions Are Rational Numbers: Confusions between Series and Their Limits
IEEE Special Floating Point
0 = 1 right?
Taking Square Root of Both Sides of an Equality
Manipulation on Divergent Series
Taking Conventions for Proofs
From Finger Numbers to Computer: The Most Fascinating Journey
Errant Views and Calculator-assisted Experiment
Notes, Further Readings, and References
A Collection of JavaScript E-labs Learning Objects, Europe Mirror Site Collection


Zero Saga
Zero is a number, and a concept for "nothing."
"What number will you get if you break 4 into zero equal parts?" The answer to this question is that, it is impossible to break anything including numbers into zero equal parts. Right. Try to break an apple into zero equal parts!




Zhlanko's Zero Sum Mary

zero lost
zero cries
zero flies
zero complies
zero walks
zero to perdition
zero to witness
zero again
zero happy
zero twisted
zero monkeys
zero dreams
zero repetition
zero happening
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