Why Is The Number Zero A Circle?

I just read Ode's article about the unlikely promises of Zero Point Field again (in Dutch). In the comments someone tells about a child asking "Daddy why do we write the number zero as a circle?".

Great to see sometimes how kids won't take anything for granted. "Why? Why? Why!?" Ofcourse when I read that question I asked myself the same: "Indeed, why a 0 ?". Here's the answer:

Not directly related to the topic of transformation economy, just fun to know. For instance to get people wondering at a birthday party. :o)

Comments

[Ben]

FASCINATING!!!

Those are just the visible vertices though ... the circle could have an innumberable yet finite number of vertices ...

bleh ...

health,
ben