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At first it was not accepted because they are not understood that they could be used without a counting board. It later gained acceptance when merchants and tradesmen began to use them. Many symbols were used for zero. The Hindu symbol was a dot and a later a “0” crossed by a horizontal or slanting line...
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The Hindu symbol was a dot and a later a “0” crossed by a horizontal or slanting line. A horizontal line that goes through a “0” was not very reliable however, because it was often confused with the Greek letter Theta. The alternative was a slash. Today, zero is occasionally written with the slash through it to distinguish from the letter O...
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