Zero was first used in India by Indians as a NUMBER and hence India is generally given the credit for Zero. Mayans, Babylonians and most likely Indians as well used it earlier, but only as a placeholder and not a number. It was Brahmagupta who elevated zero to the status of a number and formally stated mathematical rules to use it as a number. Aryabhatta also may have been aware of zero as a number but all of his original work has been lost. Why is it Called the Indian-Arabic Numeral System? Fibonacci called this system the “the Modus Indorum” or “method of the Indians” (the Brahmi and Hindu) and introduced it in his masterwork Liber Abaci (1202). Fibonacci calls the Indian-Arabic numeral system “the method of the Indians” because the system originated in India. It was then brought to the middle-east by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. Thus today we call it the Indian-Arabic system after the two cultures who developed the system before us. The omission and whitewashing of Brahmagupta and India's contribution to the numerical system seems to be a very deliberate act. Observe how facts of zero's use as a number is deliberately misrepresented and misguided and falsely attributed to the Mayans and other cultures. Mayans and other older cultures used it as a placeholder and not a number. At the end of the day this is merely pop culture and all the misrepresentations stated here in wonderful graphics becomes the truth. Nobody would care for scholarly articles such as Liber Abaci by Fibonacci.
It's not the 8th century but in the 2nd century, Bakshali Manuscript dated to 2nd century has mentioned symbols for digits 0-9. Al Kwarizmi in his book "Counting with Hindu numerals" mentioned the decimal system so it must have been mentioned before that.
the whole world is frightening to death to even mention the name of Mighty Persian mathematician who invented the numbers and passed to mankind. They say Arabic numbers or Indian but not Iranian. Where these animosities come from? Search the name, mighty Persian Mathematician known as Kharazmy.
@@danacoleman4007 You should invest a moment or two learning about English orthography and the history of English spelling. Short story: English is many languages brought together in the forges of conquest and democracy. It is egalitarian and forgiving by construct. English is defined by the user, unless it's used in an academic, news, or scientific paper. Look at popular culture. We mint new words every day. People can use English however they choose.
Mayans were the first who used 0 but there represantation was slightly different and this civilization's work on numbers came in light recently... 0 which we use in present Hindu Arabic numeric system invented by aryabhatta..And these both civilization used 0 because these numeric system had place value and this was the main character stick they had which was not present in earlier numeric systems like Egyptian numeric system.
I am not saying Arabs invented this number system..they were doing business with This region from very long time and that time they came in contact with Hindu numeric system..they modified it and further it reached western countries.Till that time western countries were using Roman numerals..It's a progress path..every number system has its merit and demerits..Hindu Arebic number system is most effective in comparison to other systems because only 10 symbols can give you infinitive numbers. That's all.
To write any rational number using our standard notation, you also need a negative sign (−) and some way of representing division (such as ÷ or fractions with a horizontal bar or slash)
@@andrecorreaishida6999 That only lets you write some rational numbers; for others you also need an overline if you want to stick to standard notation. And the negative sign is still needed.
@@andrecorreaishida6999 My point is, the video said you could write *any* rational number with just the ten digits, and just adding a decimal point (and minus sign) gets you only some of them. But either way, the “punctuation” of math is important; digits aren’t enough.
Here’s a breakdown of the numerals or systems developed by each civilization: 1. Sumerians: Numeral System: Base-60 (sexagesimal system). Numbers: They didn’t have specific numerals like we do, but they used a combination of symbols to represent numbers up to 60. Example: 1 (one symbol), 10 (different symbol), 60 (a combination of symbols). 2. Egyptians: Numeral System: Base-10. Numbers: Egyptian hieroglyphs were used to represent 1, 10, 100, 1,000, etc. Example: 1 (a vertical stroke), 10 (an arch), 100 (a coil of rope), 1,000 (a lotus plant). 3. Indians (Hindu-Arabic System): Numeral System: Base-10 with positional notation and the concept of zero. Numbers: The numerals 0 to 9 were developed in India. Example: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (similar to modern digits). 4. Islamic Scholars: Numeral System: The Hindu-Arabic system, which they popularized and refined. Numbers: They adopted and spread the Indian numerals (0-9) and contributed to the development of algebra, making these numbers more widespread. 5. Europe: Numeral System: Adopted the Hindu-Arabic numerals (0-9) after learning about them from the Islamic world. Numbers: The same digits we use today: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. # Summary of Numerals by Each Civilization: 1- Sumerians: Symbols based on 60 (no distinct numerals like 1-9). 2- Egyptians: Hieroglyphic symbols for 1, 10, 100, etc. 3- Indians: Introduced 0 and numerals 1-9. 4- Islamic Scholars: Spread and refined 0-9 numerals. 5- Europe: Adopted and standardized 0-9 numerals for global use.
I'm taking a Gen. Ed. course in college called Contemporary Mathematics (number theory, stats, set theory, etc.) It's all fairly simple for me but not so much for some of my classmates. We are learning about this right now, and I gotta say...TED Ed, this 5 minute video is easier to understand than 75 mins worth of ramblings from my professor. Definitely gonna share this video with my classmates 👍
अद्भुत ! सभी पेरेंट्स को देखना चाहिए यह वीडियो और अपने बच्चों से इस बारे मैं बात करनी चाहिए। मैथ क्यूरोसिटी के बहुत जगह है घर पर होने वाली बातचीत मैं Homeschoolers मैं Math Curiosity पैदा करने के लिए हम भी प्राइमरी के बच्चों के साथ काम और कोशिशें कर रहे हैं
Aryabhata also invented Decimal Notation,Familiar/Arabic Numbers(Arabs adopted from India),Place Value System and Pi System in his book Sidanta(Solution) in 500CE th-cam.com/video/bDQkpNbsly4/w-d-xo.html
This also shows me that school teaches, in the vast majority of cases, horribly. I like that ted and many other channels show us why maths are important for our life. Fortunately I could get really good teachers even my mom that did her best in order to teach me in many different ways and my father as well as a engineer. I wanna become an architect and I'm making the best option in my life. :) I'm really into Maths, Physics, History, Lecture, Grammar. Nothing could make me happier. Living in a horrible school system is hard, but you made the decision in order to improve your knowledge.
The zero that ew use today was invented by Brahmagupta. In the Mayan civilisation zero was just another digit but Brahmagupta developed the 4 important properties of zero which were- 1) No result in addition, 2) No result in subtraction, 3) Multiplication results in zero and 4) Division by this number is not defined.
Zarif Safwan Hoque Both of them didn't develop the concept of zero simultaneously, they both did independently. Not simultaneously cause Indians did develop it well before Mayans. And they should be rightly credited for it.
I just discovered this channel last night and since then I've been binge watching all the videos lol I subscribed midway of the first video I watched. Glad I found it.
There is a (common) error starting at 1:12. Roman Numerals, did *not* follow the rule _"if a numeral appeared before one with a higher value it would be subtracted instead of added"._ That rule was added much later, AFAIK by stone masons in order to make years more compact on buildings etc. Roman Numerals, as used by Romans, would write 8 as VIII and not IIX, and 90 as LXXXX and not XC. This ensure arithmetic is easy, and an abacus is easy to use.
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a Persian mathematician. Today, his birth place is in Uzbekistan (a part of old Persia). Indians invented it, and the persian mathematician introduced it to the Western world. During that era (the Islamic golden age), the main and scientific language was Arabic (the language of Islam). Thus, People think Arabs spread it, while most of scientists and scholars were non-Arabs (e.g. Persian (or Iranian, Afghan, Tajik, Uzbek)).
0, /, V, N, M = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Just draw a horizontal line through that means plus 5. So “0” with a “-“ horizontal line on it basically means 0+5… doing that to any of the 0, /, V, N, M gives you 5-9. Easier symbols for kids to learn, and you can keep using base 10 place notation with tally based numerals.
I think that the base 60 is probably the coolest of the ones developed. Minus the writing system. But if you could have a Hindi-style numerical system in base 60, I'd be all for that alternative history.
actually the concept of zero was developed by Indian mathematician Aryabhatta. The symbol he used was dot( still used in Indian script Devanagari) but the concept of decimals was developed by HIM and not the Mayans
Mayans & Indians & others had the concept of Zero, but it was Indians who used Zero as a placement in the decimal system, that was the biggest difference.
@@iXpress Mayans didn't have a concept of zero lol. They had the concept of nothing but they didn't know how to use it. Like 10 or 300, Aryabhatta defined zero and set up the rules of using it, he also invented negative numbers.
I am amazed by ancient civilizations that did ease computations even without yet use of zero numerals - for e.g. Mesopotamian use sexagesimal numbers without zero place holders and Chinese use blank or no bead setting in counting rods and abacus. However, the later use of zero undeniably enhanced the number systems and math.
Learnt two things from this video: 1. 0 is not only a number but also a 'placeholder'. 2. base 12 would make some fractions easier to represent that base 10.
Omar Dukhan Indians and mayans invented zero at the same time. Arabs did not invent numbers or zeroes, they learned from the indians and spread it to the europeans, so europe thought arabs invented it. Arabs did invent algebra tho.
+Omar Dukhan arabics took zero from Indians. that was golden period of arab world and science was flourishing. some arabic ruler can't remember name asked his soldier to go around world and find BOOKS ...and thereby zero wad borrowed by arabs
I am massively disappointed by how little comments there are of the awesome animations in this video. They're just too good. Kudos to Zedem Media, I have no idea how you did it, but awesome work.
Why ten? People usually assume it's because we have ten fingers, which makes sense. But I see something about the arithmetic of number ten itself which makes it practical for use in positional notation. Draw a cross hair grid like a big + sign. Put a pebble in say the top right quadrant to represent 1. Move it to the next quadrant position clockwise, the bottom right, that represents 2. Bottom left for 3, top left for 4. Keep it there but now add another pebble in the top right, so now you have a representation for 4 + 1, or 5. To cut a long story short, once all four quadrants are each occupied by one pebble (or pencil mark if you like) using this rule you have a representation for ten, based on the fact that 1+2+3+4=10. Of course you could achieve the same thing with a grid with, say, just three spaces, like a Mercedes star, which means using the base 6, or maybe one with 5 spaces for base 15. Evidence for the 4-space cross hair grid origin could be the form of the addition sign, +, we use (yes, I know there are other explanations for that). And that if fingers still have to be involved, there are 4 distinct spaces between each finger on one hand - or handprint - to place your pebbles or marks.
Celts used 20 as a base too:) that’s why in French 80 is literally translatable to four times twenty. In the past French also used three times twenty for 60 and two times twenty for 40
David Nope. Its already known that muslims made a lot of scientific research and discoveries back in the day but during the crusades all of these documents and research got stolen and the christians claimed it to be their own while in fact it wasnt.
elvolvasky69 Islam was around before the time of the Prophet pbuh. Please don't forget that in Islam, Adam, Abraham, Noah and Jesus are Muslim prophets
According to our college professor the decimal number system was based in Hindu-Arabic number system where basic digits of counting use 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 that were adapted by Arabs from Indians, but the Arabs also added the 0 to the number system. I don't know how accurate such information, we may then investigate if we want to. Perhaps zero may have just been a concept by the Indians in philosophy during ancient times, but the Arabs who may have learned from Al-Kwarizmi then used it early as numeral. On the other hand the ancient Mayan civilization in South America separately developed vigesimal number system which included zero numeral.
The number "0" or Hindu Numeric System has its roots much older than the accepted dates by scholars. While 6-8th century was the only time when Islamic-Arabic invasion began to rise in Indian land. Number 0 is used to describe creation-existence in Hindu spiritual texts, since space & creation is indivisible/infinite just like the number 0
Excellent video. Philochrony is the theory that describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence. Philochrony establishes an analogy between zero and time thus arising the linear zero.
Rahadian Rihadi number were not invented by khwarizmi....but he might be the first to adopt the ancient Indian numerals.... Khwarizmi was a great mathematician though.... And managed to improve upon existing knowlege from the sutras on algebra....
Rahadian Rihadi and he wasn't Arab and didn't invent they translated indian scripts, his contribution are partial and those partial improvements are vaguely known.
Thankyou fo rthe video :) But, Aryabhata was the one who invented the number 0 and Mayans had also used but the symbol was different and their number system was not exactly borrowed by the western civilisation. The number Zero which was invented by the HINDU INDIAN was Aryabhata. :) Have a nice day. Peace :)
YuiHritsua The video wasn't claiming that the Maya* (Mayan is the adjective form) contributed to the zero we use today. It was simply another civilization that independently came up with the concept.
You already use another system based on 60 to count time and in the UK not so long ago they used to count money as 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound. Instead of 100 pennies to a pound(working in base 10). If you want to represent the number 11 & 12 in a single character positional notation (as suggested in your comment) you just invent a character to represent the two extra numbers required for 10 & 11 (say 10=@ and 11=#) but now you are counting in base 12 instead of base 10. So # + 1 = 10 (base 12).
It wouldn't lose it's meaning, but it would change slightly. For example in a hexadecimal operation, we can calculate A (which is 10 in decimals)+ 8 and get 12, although 12 in hexadecimal still represents 18 in decimal.
Apoorv Tyagi The numerical system was invented by Arabs, not by Indians. The reason the video mention "Arab-Indian" was because arabs conquered India and lived there. The system came from Arabs. Not from the Hindus or the English. No way I will stand aside and let you take credit for something you didn't do,
BreakFix The number 0 was infected by Aryabhatta,go Google it.. Do you have any article/journals to prove what you are stating? Or are you just blabbering¿
"the first recorded use of a zero-like symbol dates to sometime around the third century B.C. in ancient Babylon." (www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-invented-the-zero) We know though that it took many many years before Europeans had contact with the Mayans. Though the Mayans may have had contact with Asians before hand. The Mayans came up with their type of Zero around 350 ce. When I was in school, many years ago, we were taught that the number zero was developed in India and that is why we call the number system that is used in many parts of the world the Indo-Arabic system. the rest of the world uses different symbols for the number 0 through 9 yet they use the same "system."
I watch Numberphile. But I think base 12 might be too cumbersome to implement. We would have to implement two new symbols for everything. And another problem are measurements, while the metric system is wonderful for base 10, the current imperial system is annoying even in base 12 as it is not in 12^n steps but sometimes 4 or 12 or 60 and so on...
Blan Morrison I support base 10 for the same reason tau versus pi. If one method is easier to teach to children, you choose that method. Having ten fingers makes it easier to teach to a child. same as tau. We want math accessable.
As much as I want to count in base 12, it's just hard to shift. I don't know, maybe because of the notation. Suppose the counting system is (0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 X Y where X=11 and Y=12, I would just think of 11 and 12 instead of X and Y, which defeats the purpose of base 12. Basically, it's hardwired into my brain.
The invention of printing resulted in the standardized symbols we use today. In particular 5 closely resembled an "open" 4 but 5's shape was altered to the "hook" shaped symbol of the present. 7 was also an upside-down V shape but was changed, probably to avoid confusion with a V or capital A.
Question: While our modern day Arabic alphabet spread from the North African Maghreb region, why was that used over Latin or perhaps Greek ? Perhaps due to only certain members of the church were allowed to learn Latin, or was it something else ?
I'm disappointed by how ridiculous most of the comments on this channel are. A bunch of nationalist Indians and people not understanding what was said.
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Was the mayans not the Aztecs
no
TED-Ed the Babylonians came up with everything.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed what is the intro
The graphic design and the animation are so good on this one! Seriously, Ted, give my sincere congratulations to the person who drew this.
Lea D sometimes I get carried away and focus on the graphics because they are so good lol x
I was just thinking the exact same thing. It's... pretty :)
Lea D Yeah. It's so aesthetically pleasing.
I know right exactly
i will
Zero was first used in India by Indians as a NUMBER and hence India is generally given the credit for Zero. Mayans, Babylonians and most likely Indians as well used it earlier, but only as a placeholder and not a number. It was Brahmagupta who elevated zero to the status of a number and formally stated mathematical rules to use it as a number. Aryabhatta also may have been aware of zero as a number but all of his original work has been lost.
Why is it Called the Indian-Arabic Numeral System?
Fibonacci called this system the “the Modus Indorum” or “method of the Indians” (the Brahmi and Hindu) and introduced it in his masterwork Liber Abaci (1202).
Fibonacci calls the Indian-Arabic numeral system “the method of the Indians” because the system originated in India. It was then brought to the middle-east by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. Thus today we call it the Indian-Arabic system after the two cultures who developed the system before us.
The omission and whitewashing of Brahmagupta and India's contribution to the numerical system seems to be a very deliberate act. Observe how facts of zero's use as a number is deliberately misrepresented and misguided and falsely attributed to the Mayans and other cultures. Mayans and other older cultures used it as a placeholder and not a number.
At the end of the day this is merely pop culture and all the misrepresentations stated here in wonderful graphics becomes the truth. Nobody would care for scholarly articles such as Liber Abaci by Fibonacci.
Thank you for the facts! 😊
Pythagorean arithmetic system
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She literally said lndians invented zero. Did you even watch the video?
It's not the 8th century but in the 2nd century, Bakshali Manuscript dated to 2nd century has mentioned symbols for digits 0-9. Al Kwarizmi in his book "Counting with Hindu numerals" mentioned the decimal system so it must have been mentioned before that.
Ted has some of the best animations on TH-cam
the whole world is frightening to death to even mention the name of Mighty Persian mathematician who invented the numbers and passed to mankind. They say Arabic numbers or Indian but not Iranian. Where these animosities come from? Search the name, mighty Persian Mathematician known as Kharazmy.
You are not see kurgezsagt
The infographics show and life noggin
@@thangel1578 wha-
You need to watch Vocaloid music videos. They have the best animation, consistently.
The zero was also invented in India
She mentioned it dude
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@@eolgrillo Timestamp?
@@AbhishekRajNahar Just rewatch the video, It's not my problem she hurt your feelings.
@@AbhishekRajNahar its been 3 years for that comment bro, how are you holdin up?
2:06 thanks for showing the correct map of India
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I think he means that India owns all of the Kashmir region
Edit: or maybe not the whole region but what the indians claim to be theirs
Yashvardhan Rautela
that's what you took from the video?
major bat
What is India?
Kashmir will never be part of india
This video is so asthetically pleasing. I love the simple shapes in every transition and shot.
someone give the animator of this video an award
This makes me grateful that I live at a time when the modern number system is already in place.
_Would've been great in bass 12_
@@user-vo8zx1db6m bass 12 is the final level of jazz
Ain’t nothing keeping it from changing besides discovery 😉
Base 8 and base 16 is better
Not only that but a lot of humans just see it at their pleasure! What a world
"We Owe A Lot To Indians Who Tauht Us How To Count Without Which No Worthwhile Scientific Discovery Could Have Been Possible"-Albert Einstein...
True and then we conqured india and exploited it and we now call india backword country wow...
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True again
But the latter doesn't makes tge conquer great.
The Indians may have taaht us how to count, but who will teech us howe to spel, I wonder?
it may be but only one invention is enough to compare wid the rest of the great European inventions
@@danacoleman4007 You should invest a moment or two learning about English orthography and the history of English spelling. Short story: English is many languages brought together in the forges of conquest and democracy. It is egalitarian and forgiving by construct. English is defined by the user, unless it's used in an academic, news, or scientific paper. Look at popular culture. We mint new words every day. People can use English however they choose.
Isn't the '0' invented in Ancient India, by Aryabhattta ?
YOU CAN'T INVENT ZERO
Yes
Thts wat the video said, but didn't mention Aryabhatta's name.
@@user-vo8zx1db6m not by you and me. Not say invent then what you say found.
Mayans were the first who used 0 but there represantation was slightly different and this civilization's work on numbers came in light recently... 0 which we use in present Hindu Arabic numeric system invented by aryabhatta..And these both civilization used 0 because these numeric system had place value and this was the main character stick they had which was not present in earlier numeric systems like Egyptian numeric system.
I am not saying Arabs invented this number system..they were doing business with This region from very long time and that time they came in contact with Hindu numeric system..they modified it and further it reached western countries.Till that time western countries were using Roman numerals..It's a progress path..every number system has its merit and demerits..Hindu Arebic number system is most effective in comparison to other systems because only 10 symbols can give you infinitive numbers. That's all.
To write any rational number using our standard notation, you also need a negative sign (−) and some way of representing division (such as ÷ or fractions with a horizontal bar or slash)
@@andrecorreaishida6999 That only lets you write some rational numbers; for others you also need an overline if you want to stick to standard notation. And the negative sign is still needed.
@@andrecorreaishida6999 My point is, the video said you could write *any* rational number with just the ten digits, and just adding a decimal point (and minus sign) gets you only some of them.
But either way, the “punctuation” of math is important; digits aren’t enough.
Here’s a breakdown of the numerals or systems developed by each civilization:
1. Sumerians:
Numeral System: Base-60 (sexagesimal system).
Numbers: They didn’t have specific numerals like we do, but they used a combination of symbols to represent numbers up to 60.
Example: 1 (one symbol), 10 (different symbol), 60 (a combination of symbols).
2. Egyptians:
Numeral System: Base-10.
Numbers: Egyptian hieroglyphs were used to represent 1, 10, 100, 1,000, etc.
Example:
1 (a vertical stroke),
10 (an arch),
100 (a coil of rope),
1,000 (a lotus plant).
3. Indians (Hindu-Arabic System):
Numeral System: Base-10 with positional notation and the concept of zero.
Numbers: The numerals 0 to 9 were developed in India.
Example: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (similar to modern digits).
4. Islamic Scholars:
Numeral System: The Hindu-Arabic system, which they popularized and refined.
Numbers: They adopted and spread the Indian numerals (0-9) and contributed to the development of algebra, making these numbers more widespread.
5. Europe:
Numeral System: Adopted the Hindu-Arabic numerals (0-9) after learning about them from the Islamic world.
Numbers: The same digits we use today: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
# Summary of Numerals by Each Civilization:
1- Sumerians: Symbols based on 60 (no distinct numerals like 1-9).
2- Egyptians: Hieroglyphic symbols for 1, 10, 100, etc.
3- Indians: Introduced 0 and numerals 1-9.
4- Islamic Scholars: Spread and refined 0-9 numerals.
5- Europe: Adopted and standardized 0-9 numerals for global use.
I'm taking a Gen. Ed. course in college called Contemporary Mathematics (number theory, stats, set theory, etc.) It's all fairly simple for me but not so much for some of my classmates. We are learning about this right now, and I gotta say...TED Ed, this 5 minute video is easier to understand than 75 mins worth of ramblings from my professor. Definitely gonna share this video with my classmates 👍
अद्भुत ! सभी पेरेंट्स को देखना चाहिए यह वीडियो और अपने बच्चों से इस बारे मैं बात करनी चाहिए। मैथ क्यूरोसिटी के बहुत जगह है घर पर होने वाली बातचीत मैं Homeschoolers मैं Math Curiosity पैदा करने के लिए हम भी प्राइमरी के बच्चों के साथ काम और कोशिशें कर रहे हैं
THIS MAKES MATHS so more enjoyable, and calm
Pythagorean arithmetic system
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Credits to Arybhatta who invented zero(0)... Excellent animation, btw!
Aryabhata also invented Decimal Notation,Familiar/Arabic Numbers(Arabs adopted from India),Place Value System and Pi System in his book Sidanta(Solution) in 500CE
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@@PranabMallick. ok and?
@@magnus2111 And he is the one behind sine and cosine
This also shows me that school teaches, in the vast majority of cases, horribly. I like that ted and many other channels show us why maths are important for our life. Fortunately I could get really good teachers even my mom that did her best in order to teach me in many different ways and my father as well as a engineer. I wanna become an architect and I'm making the best option in my life. :) I'm really into Maths, Physics, History, Lecture, Grammar. Nothing could make me happier. Living in a horrible school system is hard, but you made the decision in order to improve your knowledge.
Right 👍👍
Wish you all the best, may God bless you 😊😊
Haha my teacher shows these videos…
My teacher showed us this last week in class
One of the most beautiful and well explained videos I have ever seen.
Thank you TED-ed!
Pythagorean arithmetic system
th-cam.com/video/o00n2TSxm_U/w-d-xo.html
The zero that ew use today was invented by Brahmagupta. In the Mayan civilisation zero was just another digit but Brahmagupta developed the 4 important properties of zero which were- 1) No result in addition, 2) No result in subtraction, 3) Multiplication results in zero and 4) Division by this number is not defined.
there are 10 kinds of people
those who know binary and those who don't and...
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those who didn't expect this was a base 3 joke
Merthalophor Dduuuuddddeeeeeee
I guess Indian mathematician Aryabhatta was the inventor of the number 0 not the Mayans.
Ninad Purani It could be that both of these civilizations developed the concept of 0 simultaneously.
Both civilizations acknowledged the zero separately.
Zarif Safwan Hoque Both of them didn't develop the concept of zero simultaneously, they both did independently. Not simultaneously cause Indians did develop it well before Mayans. And they should be rightly credited for it.
@@msdeora22 can you explain us how you came to this conclusion? around what time did the mayas developed zero?
@@msdeora22 Maya people developed the zero while being isolated from the rest of the world, and they should be rightly credited for it.
I just discovered this channel last night and since then I've been binge watching all the videos lol I subscribed midway of the first video I watched. Glad I found it.
There is a (common) error starting at 1:12. Roman Numerals, did *not* follow the rule _"if a numeral appeared before one with a higher value it would be subtracted instead of added"._ That rule was added much later, AFAIK by stone masons in order to make years more compact on buildings etc. Roman Numerals, as used by Romans, would write 8 as VIII and not IIX, and 90 as LXXXX and not XC. This ensure arithmetic is easy, and an abacus is easy to use.
Pythagorean arithmetic system
th-cam.com/video/o00n2TSxm_U/w-d-xo.html
I am just a random seeker of mathematics knowledge... But I am very impressed by how the graphics work here so attractive.❤
I absolutely love the animation and artwork in this video, incredibly stunning. I could look at it all day and feel calm
I especially love the style of the art in this episode! Well done!!
The colors in this animation are sooooooo pretty. I really want a color palette of them
Indians Invented it and Arabs spread it.
Didn't Zero also come from India?
Anoop Cheeroth, well.....the 2 numerical systems may have been based on base 10, but they were quite different
sssstt... don't say it clearly
Anoop Cheeroth
Shut up liar
Arabs invented it and spread it. Indians are trying to unjustly take credit for it.
Check this link my friend. Its ok, that you can put your name in the credits.
_en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic_numeral_system
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a Persian mathematician. Today, his birth place is in Uzbekistan (a part of old Persia). Indians invented it, and the persian mathematician introduced it to the Western world. During that era (the Islamic golden age), the main and scientific language was Arabic (the language of Islam). Thus, People think Arabs spread it, while most of scientists and scholars were non-Arabs (e.g. Persian (or Iranian, Afghan, Tajik, Uzbek)).
0 was invented in India!
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@@samratrajumaurya6812 Why are you laughing it is true
@@jatinoham No one discovered 0, but 0 has been on the earth since the beginning and most Egyptians used 0.
@@samratrajumaurya6812 In which world you are living 0 was invented by aryabhatttacharya long time ago before it there was nothing to descibe nothinge
@@jatinoham Tell me, my brother, were the first Aryabhatta or the Egyptians?
0, /, V, N, M = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
Just draw a horizontal line through that means plus 5. So “0” with a “-“ horizontal line on it basically means 0+5… doing that to any of the 0, /, V, N, M gives you 5-9. Easier symbols for kids to learn, and you can keep using base 10 place notation with tally based numerals.
I think that the base 60 is probably the coolest of the ones developed. Minus the writing system. But if you could have a Hindi-style numerical system in base 60, I'd be all for that alternative history.
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I've long been wondering such historical backgrounds. Great video, thank you.
actually the concept of zero was developed by Indian mathematician Aryabhatta. The symbol he used was dot( still used in Indian script Devanagari) but the concept of decimals was developed by HIM and not the Mayans
actually the mayan did it too seperatly while being isoleted from the rest of the world, so get off your high horse.
Mayans & Indians & others had the concept of Zero, but it was Indians who used Zero as a placement in the decimal system, that was the biggest difference.
@@iXpress Mayans didn't have a concept of zero lol. They had the concept of nothing but they didn't know how to use it. Like 10 or 300, Aryabhatta defined zero and set up the rules of using it, he also invented negative numbers.
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@@erickfalcon2321 Low IQ moment
I love the way how things move continuously but smoothly across the screen.
These animations were amazing and so fluid. Nice job!
It's amazing how much numbers have evolved. Put aside all the historical facts (and fictions).
0 was invented by aryabhatt not mayans
VIRAL MEMES Both the Indians and the Maya came up with the idea to use a symbol for a null value independent of each other.
Ya I know but the video mentioned only Mayans and dint mention the Indian mathematician "Aryabhatt" that's y I'm pissed
VIRAL MEMES She mentioned that the Indians and the mesoamerica a invented it. She didn't give specific names for either.
Garrus7 even the Babylonians invented zero independently
Go home, you're drunk
I am amazed by ancient civilizations that did ease computations even without yet use of zero numerals - for e.g. Mesopotamian use sexagesimal numbers without zero place holders and Chinese use blank or no bead setting in counting rods and abacus. However, the later use of zero undeniably enhanced the number systems and math.
I think zero was invented in India by Bramhagupata. You can search in Google. And thanks for showing the original map of India. Great video.
The map of India in the 8th century CE is the entirety of South asia........
Really felt proud to hear that my country was the first to perfect the number system and invent the decimal system
These videos are always so well done. So cool to look at, and ya learn something. :o
“4” is my favorite Number because 4 Penguins and 4 Turtles.
Learnt two things from this video:
1. 0 is not only a number but also a 'placeholder'.
2. base 12 would make some fractions easier to represent that base 10.
Wasn't 0 discovered by India?
Tejaswi BD i think it was invented by arabs
Omar Dukhan Arabs were not there when Mayans were using zero...
Tejaswi BD please, show me evedence that mayans used zero.
Omar Dukhan Indians and mayans invented zero at the same time. Arabs did not invent numbers or zeroes, they learned from the indians and spread it to the europeans, so europe thought arabs invented it. Arabs did invent algebra tho.
+Omar Dukhan arabics took zero from Indians.
that was golden period of arab world and science was flourishing.
some arabic ruler can't remember name asked his soldier to go around world and find BOOKS ...and thereby zero wad borrowed by arabs
This is a great tool to learn and teach the positional system.
I am massively disappointed by how little comments there are of the awesome animations in this video. They're just too good. Kudos to Zedem Media, I have no idea how you did it, but awesome work.
Thank you for such a great video! Intetesting and done beautifully - i'm really impressed with the animation.
ancient Indian scriptures have used a dot to represent zero, not just a blank space, and practically most of the mathematics has originated in India
Utkarsh Jindal Agree with you 100%
Why ten? People usually assume it's because we have ten fingers, which makes sense. But I see something about the arithmetic of number ten itself which makes it practical for use in positional notation. Draw a cross hair grid like a big + sign. Put a pebble in say the top right quadrant to represent 1. Move it to the next quadrant position clockwise, the bottom right, that represents 2. Bottom left for 3, top left for 4. Keep it there but now add another pebble in the top right, so now you have a representation for 4 + 1, or 5. To cut a long story short, once all four quadrants are each occupied by one pebble (or pencil mark if you like) using this rule you have a representation for ten, based on the fact that 1+2+3+4=10.
Of course you could achieve the same thing with a grid with, say, just three spaces, like a Mercedes star, which means using the base 6, or maybe one with 5 spaces for base 15. Evidence for the 4-space cross hair grid origin could be the form of the addition sign, +, we use (yes, I know there are other explanations for that). And that if fingers still have to be involved, there are 4 distinct spaces between each finger on one hand - or handprint - to place your pebbles or marks.
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Normal numerics uses base 10, and binary uses base 2. That is such a more simple way of understanding binary than I've ever been told before!
How else can binary be explained??
COOL VIDEO!!!I love the way they make it.
Came across this while learning vedic maths. :)
Cool
Animation is just wow! So stylish!
2:25 numbers are written right to left because it originates from Arabic! That blew my mind!
Flying Swordfish it orginated in India, did you watch the whole video? q
Dharma V Indian didn’t have xyz equations.
Celts used 20 as a base too:) that’s why in French 80 is literally translatable to four times twenty. In the past French also used three times twenty for 60 and two times twenty for 40
SO EGYPTIAN MUSLIMS INVESTED NUMERICAL SYSTEM. ALGEBRA WAS ALSO A MUSLIM INVENTION
They did, but most of the famous inventors are Christians
David Nope. Its already known that muslims made a lot of scientific research and discoveries back in the day but during the crusades all of these documents and research got stolen and the christians claimed it to be their own while in fact it wasnt.
Pope no that was way before from islam
***** LOL LET THEM SAY, IT WONT CHANGE HISTORY
elvolvasky69 Islam was around before the time of the Prophet pbuh. Please don't forget that in Islam, Adam, Abraham, Noah and Jesus are Muslim prophets
Which software did they use to make such a beautiful animation? @TED-Ed
credit of zero goes to aryabhatta
No it was much before Aryabhat .
@dodg1987 I know you westerners are just jealous of India and east that's why you only steal others work and glorify that as yours
Apoorv Tyagi The Maya also created the concept
@@thedorku9500 even if the mayans created the same concept ,it is a fact that how the world know about zero is started from india
@@parveshbisht4955 yup these westerners use our talent
According to our college professor the decimal number system was based in Hindu-Arabic number system where basic digits of counting use 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 that were adapted by Arabs from Indians, but the Arabs also added the 0 to the number system. I don't know how accurate such information, we may then investigate if we want to. Perhaps zero may have just been a concept by the Indians in philosophy during ancient times, but the Arabs who may have learned from Al-Kwarizmi then used it early as numeral.
On the other hand the ancient Mayan civilization in South America separately developed vigesimal number system which included zero numeral.
Zero was invented by Indian
AMAZING ANIMATION STYLE
This animation is beautiful
Great info, fantastic animation! Keep up the good work!
A FABULOUS presentation.
...and then the Germans and the French stepped in and ruined it all with their pronunciations.
People in india: we made a positional system to make numbers easier to represent
French: FOUR TWENTIES PLUS TEN
thx so much i learned many symbols and number i am now grade 6 so i am glad i found this yt channel
The number "0" or Hindu Numeric System has its roots much older than the accepted dates by scholars. While 6-8th century was the only time when Islamic-Arabic invasion began to rise in Indian land. Number 0 is used to describe creation-existence in Hindu spiritual texts, since space & creation is indivisible/infinite just like the number 0
Pythagorean arithmetic system
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Excellent video. Philochrony is the theory that describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence. Philochrony establishes an analogy between zero and time thus arising the linear zero.
Thanks to Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
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thx to Aryabhatt😂😂
Rahadian Rihadi number were not invented by khwarizmi....but he might be the first to adopt the ancient Indian numerals.... Khwarizmi was a great mathematician though.... And managed to improve upon existing knowlege from the sutras on algebra....
Rahadian Rihadi and he wasn't Arab and didn't invent they translated indian scripts, his contribution are partial and those partial improvements are vaguely known.
4:35 in base 16, after F is 10, not 11.
Thankyou fo rthe video :) But, Aryabhata was the one who invented the number 0 and Mayans had also used but the symbol was different and their number system was not exactly borrowed by the western civilisation. The number Zero which was invented by the HINDU INDIAN was Aryabhata. :) Have a nice day. Peace :)
YuiHritsua The video wasn't claiming that the Maya* (Mayan is the adjective form) contributed to the zero we use today. It was simply another civilization that independently came up with the concept.
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Indian always give new thing to the generations to generation :)
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Another great video. Thank you.
Wow look at how many illuminati signs are in this video
Athos Pop look how much illiminati symbols are in a sia song
That comeback...Fire....
Conspiracy theorists are a new religious group.
Hey please can you tell me the meaning of illuminati signs
A tetragon is not an illuminati sign. The illuminati sign is a tetragon.
I always wondered what would happen if we had come up with an extra number. Would some calculations change/loose meaning?
it would definitely change. try considering bases other than 10
and you will see the big difference
You already use another system based on 60 to count time and in the UK not so long ago they used to count money as 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound. Instead of 100 pennies to a pound(working in base 10). If you want to represent the number 11 & 12 in a single character positional notation (as suggested in your comment) you just invent a character to represent the two extra numbers required for 10 & 11 (say 10=@ and 11=#) but now you are counting in base 12 instead of base 10. So # + 1 = 10 (base 12).
It wouldn't lose it's meaning, but it would change slightly. For example in a hexadecimal operation, we can calculate A (which is 10 in decimals)+ 8 and get 12, although 12 in hexadecimal still represents 18 in decimal.
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Apoorv Tyagi
The numerical system was invented by Arabs, not by Indians. The reason the video mention "Arab-Indian" was because arabs conquered India and lived there. The system came from Arabs. Not from the Hindus or the English. No way I will stand aside and let you take credit for something you didn't do,
BreakFix The number 0 was infected by Aryabhatta,go Google it.. Do you have any article/journals to prove what you are stating? Or are you just blabbering¿
At 1:24 a Number will appear in roman numerals try to write it in decimal system.
Mathematics is a discovery and humans invented a perfect language to understand it.
"the first recorded use of a zero-like symbol dates to sometime around the third century B.C. in ancient Babylon." (www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-invented-the-zero) We know though that it took many many years before Europeans had contact with the Mayans. Though the Mayans may have had contact with Asians before hand. The Mayans came up with their type of Zero around 350 ce. When I was in school, many years ago, we were taught that the number zero was developed in India and that is why we call the number system that is used in many parts of the world the Indo-Arabic system. the rest of the world uses different symbols for the number 0 through 9 yet they use the same "system."
So early and people are already discussing about hate in a video about numbers. People are so smart...
Beautiful animation and great info! Meanwhile in the comments, people are fighting over who invented what.
Honestly, if you know how to do math it becomes very enjoyable.
Good video but you didn't mention that the current number system we have has been influenced by Arabic numeral system as shown on 2:26
Because arabs learned everything from india
@@shirokun4742 proof or it didn't happen :)
I'm a supporter of base 12! Who else watches Numberphile?!
I watch Numberphile. But I think base 12 might be too cumbersome to implement. We would have to implement two new symbols for everything. And another problem are measurements, while the metric system is wonderful for base 10, the current imperial system is annoying even in base 12 as it is not in 12^n steps but sometimes 4 or 12 or 60 and so on...
I watch Numberphile aswell (like it very much!), but I dont like a Base 12 System.
Blan Morrison I support base 10 for the same reason tau versus pi. If one method is easier to teach to children, you choose that method. Having ten fingers makes it easier to teach to a child. same as tau. We want math accessable.
nosuchthing8 that is a really good point!
As much as I want to count in base 12, it's just hard to shift. I don't know, maybe because of the notation. Suppose the counting system is (0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 X Y where X=11 and Y=12, I would just think of 11 and 12 instead of X and Y, which defeats the purpose of base 12. Basically, it's hardwired into my brain.
Ted ed. Something we can count on.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X E and 0 with these 10 symbols we create every number possible
For duodecimal people
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The invention of printing resulted in the standardized symbols we use today. In particular 5 closely resembled an "open" 4 but 5's shape was altered to the "hook" shaped symbol of the present. 7 was also an upside-down V shape but was changed, probably to avoid confusion with a V or capital A.
I thought you would go into integers, rationale, real and complex
Poetic journey: the essence of refund details and expected actions
. Yeah yeah!.. what less could you expect from first civilization!
En Anawak o México antiguo las matemáticas usaban únicamente: punto y barra; con eso construyeron la cuenta del año trópico más preciso en el mundo.
Indian and proud :)
Indian just re-write the Arabian numeric symbols not the systems which means Indian just copied it
@@afiframadhan5168 lol you Arabs copied it
@@afiframadhan5168 keep crying muslim
Question: While our modern day Arabic alphabet spread from the North African Maghreb region, why was that used over Latin or perhaps Greek ? Perhaps due to only certain members of the church were allowed to learn Latin, or was it something else ?
i can't count past 5 :(
Johnny Cat 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Johnny Cat why not?
Michaeltje_p Because I have down syndrome
He only has one hand :P
Johnny Cat I'm sorry
Now I know something about Number Systems, Thank You.
I'm disappointed by how ridiculous most of the comments on this channel are. A bunch of nationalist Indians and people not understanding what was said.
I was hoping for a mention of non standard positional number systems like bijective number systems.