It means the document, held in Oxford, has an earlier zero symbol than a temple in Gwailor, India. The finding is of "vital importance" to the history of mathematics, Richard Ovenden from Bodleian ...
Math of the Bard: Shakespeare used a 'crooked figure' for a zero in times when it wasn't widely used
In fact, the first recorded English use of the word "zero" wasn't until 1598 ... and in the practice of writing mathematical symbols. For example, during the 16th and early 17th centuries ...
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