(October 14, 2016 at 12:12 am)Aractus Wrote:(October 13, 2016 at 9:45 pm)Soldat Du Christ Wrote: Just because we gave a name to describe what we observe in the natural world, doesn't mean we invented the observation. The golden rule exists wether or not we are here to observe it.
We didn't give a name to something we observed, Mathematics is invented. It's wholly artificial.
What about complex numbers (described using so-called "imaginary numbers")?
Or zero to the power of zero
https://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles....3-5.shtml
Quote:It is commonly taught that any number to the zero power is 1, and zero to any power is 0. But if that is the case, what is zero to the zero power?
http://www.askamathematician.com/2010/12...-disagree/
Quote:Mathematician: Zero raised to the zero power is one. Why? Because mathematicians said so. No really, it’s true.