Non-Power Positional Number Representation Systems, Bijective Numeration, and the Mesoamerican Discovery of Zero

Berenice Rojo-Garibaldi, Costanza Rangoni, Diego L. González +1

Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica was a fertile crescent for the development of number systems. A form of vigesimal system seems to have been present from the first Olmec civilization onwa…