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EC-p 0 Proposals

Proposal

How to process a proposal

• For each proposal use a separate page like this one.

Allow enough time for following steps:

• While the proposal discussed it is open to edits, revision and modification.
• Each member has a dedicated section (below) for comments. These comments can be edited, revised and modified according to the progress of the discussion.

• Describe loosely and as concisely as possible the purpose and content of the proposal

Do not worry about its formulation.

• Step 1: Discussion of the purpose and content of the proposal.

Try to agree on what the proposal is -- independent of whether the proposal is accepted or rejected.

• Step 2: Formulation and editing of the proposal.
• Step 3: Voting on the proposal.

Step 1 : Discussion period

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Step 2 : Editing period

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Step 3 : Voting period

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Ro Thorpe

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http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/59/3/285.full Cayley

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v20/n507/pdf/020275a0.pdf nature Volume 20 Number 507 pp261-284 In this issue (17 July 1879)

   * Book Reviews
   * Letters to Editor
   * News
   * Correction
   * News

Correction Notes- p275 doi:10.1038/020275a0 PDF

http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2756.msg22054.html#msg22054 http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2748.0.html http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2764.msg22183.html#msg22183

http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1085.msg8866.html#msg8866

Zero (mathematics)/Bibliography

There are several popular books on (the history of) "zero" which make interesting reading but have to be taken with care as can be seen from the reviews.

• Robert Kaplan, The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero.   Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.

Critically reviewed by:

Philip J. Davis, Embedding Zero in Exposition, Book Review. SIAM News (September 17, 2000) [siam.org]

Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Much ado about some thing, Book Review. Nature 401, 645-646 (14 October 1999) (doi:10.1038/44273) [nature.com]

Andrew Leahy, The Mathematical Association of America. [maa.org]

Brian Blank, Book review. The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160. See pp. 158-160 [pdf]

Keith Devlin, Natural History, Dec, 1999. [bnet]

John Derbyshire, The conquering zero. October 1999. [newcriterion.com]

Richard Pinch, Much ado about Nothing. Magazine issue 2228 (04 March 2000) [newscientist.com]

J. Kingston Pierce, All for Naught. [January Magazine]

• Charles Seife, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. Viking Penguin, New York, 2000.

Critically reviewed by:

Brian Blank, Book review. The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160. See pp. 157-158 [pdf]

Steven G. Krantz, What's So Special About Zero? Book Review, SIAM News (September 17, 2000). [siam.org (pdf)]

Keith Devlin, Natural History, Dec, 1999. [bnet]

• John D. Barrow, The Book of Nothing. Pantheon: 2001.

Critically reviewed by:

John O'Connor, Nothing to it! Book review. Nature 410, 748-749 (12 April 2001) (doi:10.1038/35071152) [nature.com]

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Martin Gardner, The Significance of ‘Nothing’, in: The Night is Large. (1996).

What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before zero?
  Scientific American (January 16, 2007), answer based on Kaplan's book (see below). [Scientific American]

Bill Casselman, All for Nought. Feature column at [ams.org]

Gwalior in India The temple is dated to 876 A. D What the Gwalior tablet shows is that by 876 A. D. our current place-value system with a base of 10 had become part of popular culture in at least one region of India.

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