Maya numerals and zero

Ancient · Household · 36 BCE

TL;DR

Maya numerals and zero - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

Maya numerals and zero - requires enrichment

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Placeholder zero Writing (Mesoamerica) Mesoamerican calendars

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Path Dependence

Related Inventions

Mesoamerican calendars Placeholder zero Writing (Mesoamerica)

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Mathematics

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