Invention "0" Symbol

In the past, people start counting with the number "one" and ending with "ten" number, according to the number of our fingers. Usually calculated the number of livestock, people, etc.. But then people confused into naming the state "no" alias "empty". Fortunately, the confusion can be resolved with the discovery of the number "0".

“Sunya”In Hindu-India System

Numeral system we use comes from the Hindu-Indian. At that time this system has so much the number sign. Each figure has its symbol.

Around 1,500 years ago, this system changed. System-hindu india only take 9 first script and place value. The value of this place is a work unit, tens, hundreds, thousands, and so on.

That's when they start thinking to add one digit to designate state symbols "no." Found "Sunya" which means "empty". So the number 501 is written with the symbol number 5 in the hundreds column, "Sunya" in the tens, and 1 in the column unit.

How is the form of "Sunya"? Sunya not yet formed. When the character described with an abacus. Each abacus pole illustrating the value of units, tens, hundreds, and so on. If there is one seed in the pole was raised, that "Sunya".

Gambar Abakus

Arab Find "0" Symbol System

So how do we write without going through the abacus image "zero"? The first time the symbol "0" is found by the Arabic numeral system. They were then introduced to Europe and eventually around the world.

English-speaking community called it zero. This word comes from Arabic "sifr" which means empty.

By wearing the name of the first 9 digits, the present invention, the number 0 and the value of the place, we now can write the various figures. Even infinite.