The History of Zero

1. Discuss the role of the poem “Ten Little Indians” in And Then There Were None. Why does the murderer choose to follow the poem so closely? What effect does this have on the characters

After looking over the symbols they created and how they were simple and understanding, I realized that the Mayans were way ahead of their time. All they used were dots and lines and as a zero, it was just a rugby ball looking thing. Instead of creating 400 different symbols to create just the number 400, they used four symbols and just changed the combination of them differently. Forty used three symbols, one rugby ball symbol and two single dots. Four hundred used three symbols too, two rugby ball looking symbols and just one single dot. By far more the one of the better in complex number systems. Compared to the Aztecs, who had feathers for 400 and finger symbols for 1, the Mayan’s number system was easy, with just dots and lines.

Although the west did have its own cultivation of knowledge, the majority of westernized thinking originated in India and other Southern Asian countries. The people of India invented Hindi numerals. Arabs gave these numerals the title, ‘Hindi numbers’. These numerals included the concept of zero and allowed mathematicians to make fast, accurate calculations. Once Arabs had begun using the Indians numerals and concept of zero, Europeans were then introduced to these concepts and called them ‘Arab numerals’. Chinese used Indian mathematical concepts but advanced the ideas which allowed them to expand in that field of knowledge. The methods that the Chinese used based off of the ideas of Indians, shows how methods were spread. Since the

Imagine the number eight. People would probably think that it’s just eight and nothing but eight. Now imagine the number eight tilted 90° to the left. People now see the infinity symbol. Now, people would probably think of it as an expanding number that never ends.

Everyday we take our resources for granted because they're at our fingertips. However, one of the resources we need the most is the resource that's most abused: water. We use water everyday for drinking, cooking, or watering plants. However, what would happen if water wasn't instant? Instead limited and scarce?

Allen, Paul G., and Mark Greaves. "The Singularity Isn't Near." MIT Technology Review 12 Oct. 2011: n. pag. Rpt. in Robotic Technology. Ed. Louise Gerdes. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 7 Oct. 2015. .

Often in literature, the author portrays the nature of humans as either being good or bad. Sometimes, the characters are portrayed as evil and violent creatures and this much is true in both The Shining and in the story And Then There Were None. The dictionary defines violence as a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. As shown in both stories, some people may become violent after being trapped in an area for a long span of time. I believe that some people can become violent and I hope to prove it throughout this claim about human nature.

Muslims greatly advanced the study of mathematics. Arabic numerals, the numbers the Western World uses today, were developed by the Muslims. Compared to earlier systems, such as Roman numerals, they made it easier for people to do calculations and check their work. Muslims also spread the Indian concept of zero. Zero also made it easier to write large numbers. Muslim scholar, Al-Khwarizmi, is best known as the “the father of Algebra”. Al-Khwarizmi’s famous book on algebra was translated into

Sarah O'Donnell published an article on May 11, 2009 in the Edmonton Journal titled, “'No-zero' policy gives students a do-over”. The article addressed concerns about the No Zero Policy implementation in junior and senior high schools in Alberta and other Provinces across Canada. Her opening thesis statement/argument is, “Zero is becoming the toughest mark for students to earn” as a result, her article explained what the policy is all about with a few shared remarks and arguments as to whether the No Zero policy was really in the student’s best interest.

There have been many theories concerning what the universe looks like, how it became this way, and where it is going. The most popular theory that people hold today is that the universe began when all the matter ever present in the universe was contained in a tiny speck and that spec exploded. This is known as the Big Bang. This theory has developed a great deal since it was first conceptualized and continues to evolve today. Many different scientists have had a hand in this.

Today we discussed the different ways we know numbers can be represented. Some great ideas were shared such as using drawings, people, numerals, objects and words. We then read a story called None the Number and recorded all the number words we could find. With our learning partners, we explored a circuit of physical activities and had a go at reading number words on the signs. Bouncing the ball ten times was a fun

The reason to why their number system is truly their most remarkable achievement is because it would already be hard to make a number and then have to give it a name of what you or anyone would call it. Not only did they make their own number system, but they also understood. It can be very difficult to make your own language or number system and understand it. It is also very remarkable because at their time not a lot of cultures had the knowledge of the zero, they did.

A popular television show called The Big Bang Theory airs every Thursday night on the CBS television network and is also in syndication. The show 's introduction compresses the history of the world and scientific advances into a nineteen second video. Listen closely to the beginning and hear according to Robertson (2007), the “whole universe was in a hot dense state and 14 billion years ago the expansion started.” The song and images seem to flash at light speed. One of my sons asked, “What did the TV show mean by the big bang theory?” This one television show, while not explaining the theory, launched the phrase, “big bang theory” into our generation 's collective conscious.

Astronomers believed the Universe was created about 14 billion years ago. During that time, the entire Universe was inside a bubble that was thousands of times smaller than a pinhead, and it was insanely hot and dense. Out of nowhere this little bubble started expanding. This expansion created what we know as the Universe. In such little time the Universe went from the size of an atom to the ginormous galaxy we have that is continuously growing.

The implications of infinity (co) are actualiy not that old. The Greeks were some of the first mathematicians recorded to have imagined the concept of infinity. However, they did not actuaily delve into the entirety of this number. The Greeks used the term “potentially infinite," for the concept of an actual limitless value was beyond their comprehension. The actual term “infinity” was defined by Georg Cantor, a renowned German mathematician, in the late nineteenth century. It was originally used in his Set Theory, which is a very important theory to the mathematical world. The value of infinity can get a bit confusing, as there are different types of infinity. Many claim that infinity is not a number. This is true, but it does have a value. So, infinity may be used in mathematical equations as the greatest possible value. i The value of infinity Infinity (00) is the greatest possibleivalue that can exist. However, there are different infinities that, by logic, are greater than other forms of itself. Here is one example: to the set of ait Naturai numbers Z43, 2, 3, 4,...}, there are an infinite amount of members. This is usualiy noted by Ko, which is the cardinality of the set of alt natural numbers,