Who first gave written rules for calculating with zero and negative numbers (7th century CE)?

  1. Brahmagupta
  2. Fibonacci
  3. Pythagoras
  4. Euclid
Answer

A) Brahmagupta

The Indian mathematician Brahmagupta, in his Brahmasphutasiddhanta (628 CE), gave rules such as a + 0 = a and a 0 = 0. SLO M-09-A-01 · Knowledge

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