Who invented 9?

Hindu-Arabic numerals, set of 10 symbols—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0—that represent numbers in the decimal number system. They originated in India in the 6th or 7th century and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, especially al-Khwarizmi
al-Khwarizmi
al-Khwārizmī, in full Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, (born c. 780 —died c. 850), Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics.
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and al-Kindi
, about the 12th century.
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Why is number 9 so special?

As the final numeral, the number nine holds special rank. It is associated with forgiveness, compassion and success on the positive side as well as arrogance and self-righteousness on the negative, according to numerologists. Though usually , numerologists do have a famous predecessor to look to.
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What is the history of the number 9?

The number 9 is revered in Hinduism and considered a complete, perfected and divine number because it represents the end of a cycle in the decimal system, which originated from the Indian subcontinent as early as 3000 BC.
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Who invented 10?

Several civilisations developed positional notation independently, including the Babylonians, the Chinese and the Aztecs. By the 7th Century, Indian mathematicians had perfected a decimal (or base ten) positional system, which could represent any number with only ten unique symbols.
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Who first invented numbers?

The Egyptians invented the first ciphered numeral system, and the Greeks followed by mapping their counting numbers onto Ionian and Doric alphabets.
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how the Numbers Invented From 1 to 9



Who invented 1 to 9?

They originated in India in the 6th or 7th century and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, especially al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi, about the 12th century.
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What was the first number to exist?

Common sense and ancient evidence points to the idea that numbers and counting began with the number one. Although they probably didn't call it "one," prehistoric people likely counted by ones and kept track by carving lines on a bone.
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Who created number 0?

The first recorded zero appeared in Mesopotamia around 3 B.C. The Mayans invented it independently circa 4 A.D. It was later devised in India in the mid-fifth century, spread to Cambodia near the end of the seventh century, and into China and the Islamic countries at the end of the eighth.
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Who found zero?

Therefore it is said that Aryabhatta found zero.
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Who put letters in math?

At the end of the 16th century, François Viète introduced the idea of representing known and unknown numbers by letters, nowadays called variables, and the idea of computing with them as if they were numbers—in order to obtain the result by a simple replacement.
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What is the power of 9?

It represents patience and harmony. It is the number of love and faith. The qualities of digit 9 include friendship, spirituality, unity, ability to see things clearly and much more. It is the most sophisticated of all numbers.
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What is magic number 9?

The sum of the digits of the number added to 9 is always equal to the sum of the digits of the result.
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What does 9 mean in Egypt?

They didn't have a symbol for the number 9, so if they wanted to write down the number 9, they wrote the symbol for number one 9 times. If they wanted to write down 40, they would write the symbol for 10 (the arch), four times.
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What is a fun fact about 9?

FACT 2. Nine is the highest single digit Arabic numeral. You can't go any higher without tacking on an extra digit. Nine has the last say, every time.
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Is 9 a mystical number?

The number nine is often associated with a divine connotation in the mystical thought and religions across the globe from ancient times. There is both, negativity and positivity in this mysterious nine! Not to talk of the numeral 9, which is often cited as a 'lucky number' for many these days!
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Why is 9 Infinite?

It had to be a number 9. It also means that everything either always goes back to its original value or if multiplied by infinity becomes infinity. 9 = ∞.
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Who found infinity?

infinity, the concept of something that is unlimited, endless, without bound. The common symbol for infinity, ∞, was invented by the English mathematician John Wallis in 1655.
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Who created math?

The earliest evidence of written mathematics dates back to the ancient Sumerians, who built the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia. They developed a complex system of metrology from 3000 BC.
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Who invented pi?

The first calculation of π was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world.
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Who is mathematics of father?

Therefore, on the basis of the earliest contribution, the father of mathematics is Pythagoras.
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Did the Arabs invent the zero?

About 773 AD the mathematician Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khowarizmi was the first to work on equations that were equal to zero (now known as algebra), though he called it 'sifr'. By the ninth century the zero was part of the Arabic numeral system in a similar shape to the present day oval we now use.
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Did the Aztecs invent zero?

Zero's origins most likely date back to the “fertile crescent” of ancient Mesopotamia. Sumerian scribes used spaces to denote absences in number columns as early as 4,000 years ago, but the first recorded use of a zero-like symbol dates to sometime around the third century B.C. in ancient Babylon.
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What is the longest known number?

The longest number with a name is the Googleplexian. A Googolplexian is a number with 10100 zeroes. Whilst larger numbers can be imagined, the Googolplexian is the largest number that could be found in the dictionary.
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What is the most number ever?

A Googolplex is considered to be the biggest number in the world. It is written as 10googol. The number 10googol can also be expressed in the exponential format that will equal 1010^100.
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What comes after trillion?

After a billion, of course, is trillion. Then comes quadrillion, quintrillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, and decillion.
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