It's an
awful,
awful number the
Mayans/
Chinese/
Arabs had the
audacity to think up. It has such properties as being the
identity of addition, and makes
division and
algebra problems a
pain in the neck, because it has the property of dividing
infinately (or negative
infinitely, for those of you who want to be number
fascists) into any number. Try adding up
zeros sometime, and see how far you can get. I got to
Zero once, but it took me four hours and I don't sleep much... Anyhow, if you want to try other math stuff then adding, try taking yet another look at zero (note- feel free to node the answers if you like, I'm not doin it):
What is 0! ?
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What is 0
0?
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What is 0's relation to
absolute value, and once you figure that one out, try |
i |?
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It's a very important number, actually. With zero, we don't need to use
Roman Numerals anymore - we can use
base 10, or even
base 2. With the advent of the zero holding digit (showing a lack of value for a certain power of the particular base one is working with), numbers simply start to make more
sense. Try to remember how important that number is the next time you get it on a
test or
quiz, it's the ancient's way of telling you that there is no
positive integer value to express how poorly you have done.