Why didn't The Ancient Greeks use zero?

Answer 1

The concept of "zero" is a very difficult one for many people to understand, even today. It is what remains when you have "one" and subtract "one" - the result is nothingness, emptiness, a void.

Ancient people generally did not see any need to represent "nothingness" as a numeric value and they got along just fine without it. It is only when better technology and the concept of advanced mathematics came along that "zero" needed to be written down - if you think about it, this is a paradox since writing "zero" means you are writing down absolutely nothing at all.

In the late ancient period, Babylonian mathematicians came up with a sign for zero, simply because they need a "placeholder" to denote nothingness in their sexigessimal system; the Mayas in Central America did much the same in the 4th century AD.

Our concept of numeric zero seems to start in India, passing into Europe via the Arab mathematicians.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

No, there isn't :)