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Zero and its beauty

I came across an interesting article Phenomenology of Zero, written by my friend Rajiv. He gives an account of the various numbering systems throughout the world, spanning famous cultures. “‘0’ (zero) is a dangerous number, It has uncanny proprieties, it does not behave like rational numbers do. It flouts the very ordering of ratio. Neither addition or subtraction, nor multiplication, nor division behave as they are supposed to.” It’s not only interesting but informative…

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