Multiply zero by any number and you get zero.
Which Indian mathematician
first formalised this rule?

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Accepted Answer

Aryabhata (5th century CE) — with Brahmagupta later codifying the arithmetic of zero. — Aryabhata gave us the place-value system; Brahmagupta gave us the rules. India quietly handed the world its most useful nothing.

Multiply zero by any number and you get zero. Which Indian mathematician first formalised this rule?