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Quote: the earliest known use of the zero symbol is by Pingala (before 200 B.C.)
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The zero symbol was used in metrics by … [the earliest known use]. He gives the solution of the problem of finding the … considered are the two kinds of syllables "long" … Pingala gives the rule in short aphorisms: "(Place) … when halved." [ref] The meaning of the above … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: Pingala (before 200 B.C.) gives an algorithm for computing the total number of arrangements of two things in n places
Topic: undefined, null, and other signal values (33 items)
Topic: history of mathematics (57 items)
Topic: kinds of numbers (24 items)
Topic: notation for constants (14 items)
Topic: what is a computer (62 items)
Topic: probability (21 items)