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He borrowed an egg from his neighbor. Then he distributed the eggs according to custom: 9 to his wife, 6 to his son, and 2 to the maid. He returned the remaining egg to his neighbor and then retired to his study. |
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| Credit for the idea of zero is given variously to the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Indians, depending on what "zero" means. But Ch’in Shi-kie, the greatest of China's Twelfth Century mathematicians, gets specific credit for using the symbol to mean nothing, thereby enabling mathematics to continue dividing up the eggs. |
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