# Zero

 $1+1=\ ?$ This article/section deals with mathematical concepts appropriate for notedscholar.

Zero is an incredibly useful mathematical concept - particularly for place-value numbering systems - obtained by the West from the heathens of the East in the closing stages of the 1st millennium CE, which raises the question of why a benevolent god would leave his followers in the dark on such an important matter for so long.

Surprisingly, for all its usefulness, it has no actual value, that's right, zero, nowt, none, nil, nada, zip, bupkis, love, a goose egg, nought, nix, diddly squat.

## Finding zero

If you are having trouble locating zero, try this. Pick a number, any number. No, don't tell me what it is! Now, take your number, and subtract it from itself. This is your new number. No, I said, don't tell me what it is! Let me allow the aether to flow between our minds... your new number is zero!

Alternatively zero is the count of objects in the empty set. Too dry and mathematical for you? Zero is the number of chocolates in an empty box.

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