Re: Zero
| From: | Dennis Paul Himes <dennis@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 5, 2000, 4:42 |
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Muke Tever <alrivera@...> wrote:
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> Right.. zero is not a 'counting number' (or 'natural number' is the more
> normal term?).
It depends. In Number Theory the smallest natural number is one. In
Set Theory the smallest natural number is zero.
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