In his mathematical treatise Brahmasphutasiddhanta, written in A.D. 628, Brahmagupta provides rules for doing calculations with zero that mirror what we understand today. “When zero is added to a ...

but we know that in the seventh century C.E., the brilliant Indian scholar Brahmagupta introduced zero as a number, along with negative numbers, which had not been used before. Previously ...

In the seventh century work of Brahmagupta there is an arithmetic treatment of zero as a number. Brahmagupta also discusses negative numbers, a concept that did not gain acceptance in Europe for ...

“Brahmagupta’s text Brahmasphutasiddhanta, written in 628 A.D., is the first text to talk of zero as a number in its own right and to include a discussion of the arithmetic of zero, including ...

In 628 A.D., the Indian mathematician Brahmagupta wrote the first-ever text describing zero as a number. But new research shows that mathematicians in the region had been toying with the concept ...

Once zero was introduced ... it is the same as adding a positive number. Brahmagupta also knew that “The product of a debt and a fortune is a debt” – a positive number multiplied by a ...

Back in India, the astronomer Brahmagupta was the driving force ... was really sparked by the arrival of the Arabic number system, containing zero. And when that happened, the black and white ...

The symbol “0” is a familiar sight ... eventually go on to gain true number status, first described in 628 AD by the Indian astronomer and mathematician Brahmagupta. What does maths sound ...

but the earliest unequivocal use of zero as an actual number was by Brahmagupta in the seventh century AD. He also discussed negative numbers and the rules for their arithmetic manipulation.