Which systems do/don’t have a symbol for “zero”? If the system has a symbol for zero, what is it?

In this chapter, we studied the Egyptian, Chinese, Roman, Babylonian, Mayan, and Greek numeration systems in addition to our own Hindu-Arabic number system. Please research and respond to at least two of the following topics:

Which systems do/don’t have a symbol for “zero”? If the system has a symbol for zero, what is it?

What is the history of the development of our Hindu-Arabic symbol “0” for zero?

Why is it important to have a symbol for zero? What confusion could arise in systems which don’t have a symbol for zero? Please explain and give an example.

Directions

Participation in Discussion Boards is a required part of this class (5% of your overall course average).

The requirements for this graded Discussion Board are:

Your initial post is due by the 3rd day of the Discussion Board and must contain at least 100 words.

You must respond to at least two classmates, and your response posts must contain at least 50 words.

Please answer any questions posed in the instructor’s response to your post(s).

All posts should be relevant to the week’s topic(s) and should include substantive, correct math content.

All posts should be grammatically correct – please use Spellcheck as necessary.

Please use APA citation format if you get help from another source (our textbook, another book, a website, etc.). Try to use your own words!