Re: Thinking about MINUS

DBMS_Plumber wrote:
> Aloha Kakuikanu wrote:
> > > Zero is not an element of the domain of natural numbers.
> >
> > It certainly is.

This was the "argument skit" reply, which I expected an "argument skit" followup.

> From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number

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With this definition, it was more convenient to include zero (corresponding to the empty set) as a natural number. This convention is followed by set theorists, logicians, and computer scientists. Other mathematicians, primarily number theorists, often prefer to follow the older tradition and exclude zero from the natural numbers. </quote>

There is really little substance in this subject Received on Mon Jan 08 2007 - 20:43:05 CET