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Zero in a Nutshell?

"Zero is an odd number that equals nothing and can't be divided by itself", perhaps maybe someone should add that as a nutshell tag GimmeKittens (talk) 14:40, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Yeah I don't think so, thanks. --JBL (talk) 17:37, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

@GimmeKittens, check out the documentation here: Template:Nutshell. The "nutshell tag" is only used on administration pages, not on in the article space. – Farkle Griffen (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

@GimmeKittens zero can exist as the property of the neutral additive integer. Anyways that is a nutshell for any serie that its byself containing this number. So yes, maybe the subjectivity in its zero number should support void terminology out its 0's significancy, and as by the way it could represent the initial positional values for real numbers in the decimal system. Drogpatna (talk) 20:30, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: History of Mathematics

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0 in algebraic equations

I am not sure if this is been said in the article but zero is used to solve equations when there are two expressions multiplied equaling zero. If solving equation x^2+3x+4=5 you subtract five to get to 0 and get to x^2+3x-1=0 then you can do the quadratic equation to find the x. Setting an equation to zero allows you to find equations with two expressions and solutions. On another equation example with (x-2)(x+3)=0, x=2 and x=-3. This is particularly useful when dealing with quadratic equations and other complex equations. If setting an equation to zero like I said above hasn’t been mentioned in the article, where would be a good place to put it? WikiGrower1 (talk) 04:35, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Terminology

The terms qualified as "British English" are hardly that, the source given (Collins) doesn't state it either, or only for particular forms or uses. Some of them are old-fashioned or limited to specialized context, that doesn't make them "British English", not even Commonwealth English, which is what you really meant. At the same time, "null" is conspicuously missing from the paragraph, even though arguably more common and general than some others, and not surprisingly the only one actually being mentioned later (Mathematics). Your page is protected by the way. -~2026-10427-95 (talk) 16:28, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done fixed this accordingly. The page is protected due to persistent vandalism. Register an account and get the "confirmed" user status to edit yourself. Polyamorph (talk) 11:39, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Zero point energy

I have removed discussion of zero point energy, because, while it is the lowest energy state of a system, it still has a non-zero amount of energy. Thus, I don't think its relevant here. Riverskip (talk) 01:41, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

History section later in the article

I have moved the history section later in the article, after the mathematics section. I don't know the exact best ordering, but the math section should be beffore the history section, to allign with the order of importance. Riverskip (talk) 03:25, 22 June 2026 (UTC)