(February 23, 2016 at 4:14 am)Alex K Wrote: Almost nothing you say about 0 as a number is true. The first half of your text even seems like complete gibberish. I don't know what you talk about with nothingness and infinite space. What does any of this have to do with the number 0?
0 is an element of the rational numbers, not irrational in the sense mathematicians use the word, it is not a placeholder but an ordinary element of the rational and real numbers. It does have an effect, e.g. in multiplication, 6*0 !=6. The only unusual property it has in the field of real numbers is that division by it is not defined.
I don't think you understand my point. My point is that 0 as an absolute, to say that there is absolutely nothing in existence, would imply an infinite space. As 0 is most commonly defined, it is usually to demonstrate lack of any predetermined element (or, as I suggested later, to act as a suffix for any multiple of ten). As far as my knowledge goes, my understanding of 0 has been that it acts as a qualitative identifier, not quantitative. Also, as I suggested in my original text, what value does it act as; odd or even?
