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Scientists from Oxford University in England have discovered that the written ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse of the zero is 500 years ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse than previously thought. The ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse used carbon ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse to trace the symbol's origins to a famous ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse Indian scroll called the Bakhshali Manuscript. Scientists found the scroll dates back to the third ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse, which makes it the oldest script using the symbol. Before the carbon dating of the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse, scientists believed the manuscript was created in the eighth ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse. It was found in the village of Bakhshali in 1881. The zero ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse that we use today evolved from a round dot frequently used in India. This symbol can be seen ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse times on the manuscript.

Marcus Du Santoy, a ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse professor at Oxford University, explained the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse of the zero in our lives. He told Britain's 'Guardian' newspaper that: "Today, we take it for granted that the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse of zero is used across the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse and is a key building block of the digital world. But the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse of zero as a number in its own right, which evolved from the placeholder ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse symbol found in the Bakhshali manuscript, was one of the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse breakthroughs in the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse of mathematics." Zero has many names in English, including nought, ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse (in football) and love (in tennis). It is often said as "oh" in the ancientcenturyconceptcontextcreationdatingdotglobegreatesthistorymathematicsnilolderscientistsscrollseveralsignificancesymboluse of telephone numbers. Informal or slang terms for zero include nowt, nada, zilch and zip.