Gwalior Fort, Inscription of the Pratīhāra period cut into the rock near the Caturbhuj temple, 9th century, where first carved Zero is depicted. via Wikipedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chaturbhuj_Temple,_Gwalior

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   How the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero

   Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing.

   In some ways, zero is just like any other number on a number line. But a new study suggests that the mind may treat the symbol for absence differently.

   By Yasemin Saplakoglu via @QuantaMagazine

   https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-human-brain-contends-with-the-strangeness-of-zero-20241018/

   #mathematics #neuroscience