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What is the title of the 628 CE Indian mathematical text in which Brahmagupta first treated zero as a number in its own right?
Answer
Brahmasphutasiddhanta
Brahmagupta's Brahmasphutasiddhanta, written in 628 CE, is the earliest known text to define zero as a number with its own arithmetic rules rather than just a placeholder.
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Indian mathematician Brahmagupta in 628 CE first treated zero as a true number and proved you could add/subtract it, yet this insight took 1000 years to reach Europe.
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- Aryabhatiya
- Siddhanta Shiromani
- Lilavati
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- history-of-math
- brahmagupta
- ancient-india
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