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		layer8 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: A custom font that displays Cistercian nu... Roman numerals also don’t have a zero. In Europe, use of zero only became predominant in the 16th century

cvoss 28 days ago [–]

Indeed, it was a hot topic for Shakespeare.

https://theconversation.com/shakespeare-by-numbers-how-mathe...

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