The dot and nine symbols were the earliest known forerunners of the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Comprised of only ten symbols and based on multiples of ten, the Hindu numeral system was easily learned and easily used. Symbolizes the essence of all phenomena, which is a single unity, before being divided.

is the diagonal a rectangular box having 1, 2 and 2-unit sides. Another example with a larger recurring decimal: 1/23 = 0.0434782608695652173913...One day he used a symbol '.' which he called , 'empty') into Italian equivalent zefiro, shortened to zero afterwards. The martial art known as "Taijiquan" based its movement's philosophies upon the notion of Taiji. When it comes to counting, a remote Amazonian tribespeople have been found to be lost for words.