Importance of ZERO

                                       Important characteristics of Number Zero

1.      Roman Numbers have no symbol for zero.

2.      The ancient Greek didn’t recognize 0 as a number.

3.      The word ZERO was originated in Italy. Leonardo Fibonacci who made the use of zero popular in European countries through his book Liber Abaci (Books on Number) used the word Zefiro meaning empty which was later abbreviated to zero.

                     

4.      There is no year zero in our Gregorian calendar.

5.       In Mayan calendar, time began at day 0, a day that has been calculated to correspond with August 11, 3114 BC.

6.      It is the only Complex Number ( a number written in the form of z = a + ib , where a and b are real numbers) which is both real and imaginary. 0 = 0 + i.0

7.      0 is the additive identity. Additive identity is a number which when added to a number gives the same number as a result.                                                                                                                              A + 0 = A

8.       −273⁰ C is called the ABSOLUTE ZERO. This is the lowest possible temperature at which molecules have zero heat energy and all molecules motion stops.

9.      Any number multiplies with zero gives the result 0, however big the number is. For example – 987654321 x 0 = 0.

10.  If you subtract zero from any number the result remain unchanged. For example :- 987 – 0 = 987

11.  You can’t divide any number by zero. Any number divided by zero is undefined. Now the question is why can’t we divide any number by zero? The simple reason is that if you divide 1 by 1/10 you get the result 10. If you divide 1 by 1/1000, you will get 1000 and if you divide 1 by 1/10000000000, you get 10000000000. The fact of the matter is when the denominator decreases and comes closer to zero we get the quotient larger and larger. In mathematical term it tends towards infinity. But infinity is not a number and so the rule of arithmetic simply says that you are not allowed to divide any number by zero.

12.  In telephone, there are no letters assigned to 0 and 1. These numbers remain unassigned because they are so called FLAG NUMBERS kept for the special purposes such as emergency or operator services.

13.  It is the only integer that is neither positive nor negative.

14.  It is the first member of Whole number.

15.  It can be portioned in 1 way.

16.  The word ZERO is the only number name in English that can be traced back to Arabic.

17. Power zero to any number is one: a⁰ = 1 provided a ≠ 0.

18.  Factorial of zero is 1.i.e. 0! = 1.

19.  Nikhilism is the belief that nothing has any value, purpose or meaning.

20.  Log0 is not defined.

21.  The importance of zero can’t be ruled out in sports. In Tennis LOVE means zero; in Cricket DUCK means zero and in Golf SCRATCH means zero.

22.   The scalene triangle, Parallelogram and Trapezium have 0 line of symmetry.

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