A2. The need for a zero long preceded its use. We seem to have independent invention of the (modern) use in some written form :-
China 400 BCE,
Maya 36 BCE,
India 458 CE,
Western world probably not much before the 12th century CE.
Fibonacci - he of the series - introduced the concept in its modern sense to the West about 1200 CE.
Questions you should consider include
a) is zero a number,
b) is zero even,
c) what is 0/0
A1. during the Maya time period i think
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The Mayans
700 bc
The Muslims introduced the idea of zero to Europe.
mendeleev and others proposed the zero group
The number zero spread to Europe during the Middle Ages, around the 12th century. It was introduced by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci, who learned of it during his travels in the Arab world.
2011
Only whwn it ends a sentence.
Yes - the concept of a zero in the list of counting numbers was introduced in around 628AD.