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Re: Zero

From:Dennis Paul Himes <dennis@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2000, 4:42
Muke Tever <alrivera@...> wrote:
> > 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. =========================================================================== Dennis Paul Himes <> dennis@himes.connix.com homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse 96-99