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What makes the Indian idea of the zero so important?

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One of the Indians' legacies was the creation of a number system that is being utilized across the world today. The decimal system they devised is a numerical system that indicates the value of a numeral. The decimal system would not operate without a symbol for zero, which is where the role of zero comes in.

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