My favorite number zero

Hien Nguyen
1 min readAug 8, 2020

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Most people will probably never answer zero as their favorite number among real numbers. It’s probably because we start by counting from one. As for me, zero was not the obvious choice but it has slowly become the most powerful and most admired number in my book. Usually, the number zero means there is nothing, but it’s a number of absolute power. It can nullify any number or take everything away from it. Speaking of finance, it’s not the number in front of it that’s important, it is the number of zeros behind it that quantify how much money you have. A number that is trapped in a root symbol can escape under two circumstances. They have a square root or meet the powerful zero. In life, zero can give you everything or you can have nothing at all. It’s the equalizer between negative and positive numbers and the only number without a sign. Yes, the powerful zero is so perfect and understated.

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Hien Nguyen
Hien Nguyen

Written by Hien Nguyen

Amateur mathematician. Engineer. Angel undercover. A compendium of mostly interesting things.