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Topic: My amateurview of math.
Replies: 27   Last Post: Feb 10, 2013 2:56 AM

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JohnF

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Re: My amateurview of math.
Posted: Feb 1, 2013 4:50 AM
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William Elliot <marsh@panix.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2013, JT wrote:
>
>> To me it seem that the naturals are discrete in nature
>> and that zero really not a natural number or even a number.
>
> Nay, on the contrary, it's an even number.
>
Or, if the op doesn't like zero, let him axiomatize any kind
of number system he likes, any way he likes, and see what
sorts of theorems emerge from that.
--
John Forkosh ( mailto: j@f.com where j=john and f=forkosh )

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