0 (number)


 
 

:This page is about the number and numeral 0. For other uses of 0 or "zero", see 0 (disambiguation)

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0 (zero), alternatively called aught or nought, is both a number and a numeral. It was the last numeral to be created in most numerical systems, as it is not a counting number (which is to say, one begins counting at the number 1) and was in many eras and places represented only by a gap or mark very different from the other numerals.

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0 is the integer that precedes the positive 1, and all positive integers, and follows -1, and all negative integers. In most (if not all) numerical systems, 0 was identified before the idea of 'negative integers' was accepted.

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Zero is a number which means nothing, null, void or an absence of value. For example, if the number of one's brothers is zero, then that person has no brothers. If the difference between the number of pieces in two piles is zero, it means the two piles have an equal number of pieces.


 

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Integer: The integers consist of the positive natural numbers (1, 2, 3, …), their negatives (−1, −2, −3, ...) and the number zero. The set of all integers is usually denoted in mathematics by Z (or Z in blackboard bold, mathbb{Z}), which stands for Zahlen (German for "numbers"). The...


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Introduction
0 as a number
0 as a numeral
History
In mathematics
In physics
In computer science
Distinguishing zero from O
In other fields
Related articles
References
 
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