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 5th december 2012

 ZERO

 the beginningless (space) 

 

  4th november 2010

 the prime mover... see complementarity

 that which has no characteristics

 that which had no beginning 

 that which was before everything else

 an absence of everything

 that which was but cannot be 

 that which doesn't need anything to put it there

 that which cannot change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 in arithmetic

 0 means having no value

e.g.

11 minus 11 = 0

 

 with whole numbers

( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18... ad infinitum )

 it makes the number that comes before the zero ten times bigger

 e.g.

1

10

100

1000

 with fractions and decimals

 ( .25 or .5 or .75 etc )

 it makes the number that comes after the zero ten times smaller

 e.g.

 .025

 .05

 .075