Agent Smith
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So in the back of me mind I'm trying to grasp the mathematical critique of our calendar, specifically the absence of year Zero. The calendar, I believe we're using the Gregorian/Julian calendar at present, starts with 1 AD and the year immediately before that is 1 BC i.e. there's no year \(\displaystyle 0\). Today, I came to some kinda quasirealization that years aren't lengths, despite the fact that they span 365.25 days, they're points and so there's got to be a \(\displaystyle 0\), just like an ordinary scale has a \(\displaystyle 0\) cm/inch mark.
My understanding is incomplete however. It's non liquet (not clear).
Inviting discussion/clarification/comments/etc.
P.S. I wonder if the Mayan/Hindu calendar has a year \(\displaystyle 0\).
My understanding is incomplete however. It's non liquet (not clear).
Inviting discussion/clarification/comments/etc.
P.S. I wonder if the Mayan/Hindu calendar has a year \(\displaystyle 0\).