[DOC] [TLE] The History of Negative Numbers : nrich.maths.org [PAR] It was not until the 19th century when British mathematicians like De Morgan, 
Peacock, ... In 200 BCE the Chinese number rod system (see note1 below) 
represented ... In India , negative numbers did not appear until about 620 CE in 
the work of ... was established in India, with zero being used in the Indian number 
sytem. [DOC] [TLE] Negative number - Wikipedia [PAR] In mathematics, a negative number is a real number that is less than zero. 
Negative numbers ... Negative numbers are used to describe values on a scale 
that goes below ... By the 7th century, Indian mathematicians such as 
Brahmagupta were .... the time remaining as a negative number, which increases 
up to zero at the... [DOC] [TLE] 0 (number) - Wikipedia [PAR] 0 is both a number and the numerical digit used to represent that number in 
numerals. ... The Italian mathematician Fibonacci (c.11701250), who grew up in 
North ... There are different words used for the number or concept of zero 
depending .... Chinese authors had been familiar with the idea of negative 
numbers by the... [DOC] [TLE] Indian Mathematics - The Story of Mathematics [PAR] A 4th Century CE Sanskrit text reports Buddha enumerating numbers up to 1053, 
... atoms in the whole universe, this is as close to infinity as any in the ancient 
world came. ... Like the Chinese, the Indians early discovered the benefits of a 
decimal place ... The use of zero as a number which could be used in 
calculations and... [DOC] [TLE] Who were the first people to realize zero and negative numbers ... [PAR] Feb 8, 2015 ... use the following search parameters to narrow your results: .... Negative numbers 
predated the first appearance of zero by several centuries. ... I've heard 
numerous times that the number zero was invented in the arab world/middle-east
. ... Chinese uniquely receptive towards the idea of negative numbers. [DOC] [TLE] The 100 Greatest Mathematicians [PAR] Click here for a longer List of 200 including many more 20th-century 
mathematicians ... The greatest mathematics before the Golden Age of Greece 
was in India's ... Thales may have invented the notion of compass-and-
straightedge construction ..... but failed due to the lack of such elementary 
concepts as negative numbers. [DOC] [TLE] Zero - MacTutor History of Mathematics [PAR] If someone had come up with the concept of zero which everyone then saw as a 
... Hence in a number like 2106 the zero is used so that the positions of the 2 and 
1 .... by around 650AD the use of zero as a number came into Indian mathematics
. ... for arithmetic involving zero and negative numbers in the seventh century. [DOC] [TLE] Who invented zero and how? - Quora [PAR] Firstly, Zero wasn't discovered according to me. It should have been invented. 
Coming to the ... Coming to the question, it was invented(used first) by 
Brahmagupta, not ... China had a positional system, negative numbers, and zero 
with their rod ... Many early number systems originally lacked a zero after they 
had mastered... [DOC] [TLE] From Accounting to Negative Numbers: A Signal Contribution of ... [PAR] 1131) rejection of negative numbers, introduced in India by Brahmagupta, b. ... 
mathematics from ancient times to the 19th century experienced many twists and 
turns ... 425] mentioned, point to the Chinese, particularly to the mathematician 
SunTsu ... be used because a negative number is an independent concept 
whereas... [DOC] [TLE] M 326K - University of Texas at Austin [PAR] 570 - 500 B.C.E., Greece: The Pythagoreans thought of number as "a multitude of 
units". ... divisible"), but gave no indications of the concept of negative number or 
magnitude. ... [K, 19] (For more information on the history of mathematics in China
, see ... Seventh Century C.E., India: Negative numbers were used to represent... [DOC] [TLE] Chinese Mathematics - Crystalinks [PAR] Mathematics in China emerged independently by the 11th century BC. The 
Chinese independently developed very large and negative numbers, decimals, ... 
of the ancient

Question: Several centuries after the Chinese used negative numbers, people in India came up with the concept of this number
Answer: Zero