Oxford University has found that the written of the zero is 500 years than we thought. Scientists dated the zero to the Bakhshali Manuscript. Scientists found this dates back to the century. Scientists used to believe the was from the eighth . It was found in 1881. The zero we use started from a round dot that was used in India. There are of these zeroes on the manuscript.
A professor explained the of the zero. He said we take it for . It is now "a key building of the digital world". He said the zero evolved from a symbol found on the Bakhshali manuscript. He said it "was one of the breakthroughs in the of mathematics". Zero has many in English, including nought and nil. It is said as "oh" in telephone . Slang terms for zero include nowt, nada, zilch and .
