Hi all I just had a thought... a rare event ;)
When did the concept of '0' actually start? Ancient mathematicians surely could not have worked without it, yet there is no 0 in roman numerals for example... A little off topic I suppose but maybe one of you 'brainies' have the answer... Kind Regards Craig Gibson > It is difficult to say that there is no year 0. If we are to look at the > Time Line it should appear as > > <(2000BC)--------------------(1BC)0(1AD)---------------------(2000AD)> > > >From a mathamatical perspective, there should be a 0 between BC (Negative > numbers) and AD (Positive numbers). If such is the case, then 0 can be taken > as 0AD or 0BC (Both mening the same). Thus year 2000 is 2000 Years after > 1/1/0000 and is the new millinium. > > I have not come across any historic record to prove the above right or > wrong. But if anyone has any information, please let me know. > >
