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Is zero a natural number?

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Is zero a natural number?
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RE: Is zero a natural number?
January 18, 2022 at 10:14 am
(January 18, 2022 at 7:59 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Does zero occur in nature... yes (I have zero trees outside my house) .... so zero is natural  Smile

One could also argue so are fractions (e.g., pieces of a pie) and negative numbers (e.g., below sea level). Hell, what about e, the one known as the natural number also?

It all comes down to convention at the end of the day, in this case a legacy of history past.
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Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 18, 2022 at 6:35 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by The Valkyrie - January 18, 2022 at 6:43 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 18, 2022 at 7:05 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by GrandizerII - January 18, 2022 at 7:34 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 18, 2022 at 7:37 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - June 5, 2023 at 1:19 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by zebo-the-fat - January 18, 2022 at 7:59 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 18, 2022 at 8:04 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by LinuxGal - November 5, 2022 at 6:31 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Anomalocaris - November 5, 2022 at 6:42 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - November 5, 2022 at 7:51 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by GrandizerII - January 18, 2022 at 10:14 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by brewer - January 18, 2022 at 9:05 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Ranjr - January 18, 2022 at 10:40 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 18, 2022 at 11:00 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by purplepurpose - January 18, 2022 at 10:47 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Angrboda - January 18, 2022 at 10:57 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by no one - January 18, 2022 at 11:11 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 18, 2022 at 12:04 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - January 18, 2022 at 1:30 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - May 21, 2023 at 12:46 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by arewethereyet - May 21, 2023 at 12:53 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Ranjr - January 18, 2022 at 1:56 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by no one - January 18, 2022 at 2:35 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by brewer - January 18, 2022 at 5:45 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - January 18, 2022 at 8:12 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by brewer - January 18, 2022 at 9:17 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Fireball - January 18, 2022 at 9:40 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - January 18, 2022 at 10:33 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by brewer - January 19, 2022 at 8:08 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 19, 2022 at 10:25 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - January 19, 2022 at 10:44 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by GrandizerII - January 18, 2022 at 11:00 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Neo-Scholastic - January 18, 2022 at 9:34 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 18, 2022 at 9:55 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Neo-Scholastic - January 18, 2022 at 10:56 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 18, 2022 at 11:02 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by The Architect Of Fate - January 18, 2022 at 10:57 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Neo-Scholastic - January 19, 2022 at 12:53 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 19, 2022 at 5:58 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by ignoramus - January 19, 2022 at 2:02 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by The Architect Of Fate - January 19, 2022 at 2:33 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by brewer - January 19, 2022 at 11:33 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Ranjr - January 19, 2022 at 12:18 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - January 19, 2022 at 7:55 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - January 19, 2022 at 8:02 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Ranjr - January 20, 2022 at 1:16 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by The Grand Nudger - January 20, 2022 at 1:44 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carneades - August 9, 2022 at 7:34 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - August 9, 2022 at 7:56 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - August 10, 2022 at 8:59 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - August 10, 2022 at 10:22 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - August 10, 2022 at 1:33 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - August 10, 2022 at 2:37 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by h311inac311 - August 25, 2022 at 6:25 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - August 25, 2022 at 7:07 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Ranjr - August 25, 2022 at 11:37 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Anomalocaris - November 5, 2022 at 9:06 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by LinuxGal - November 5, 2022 at 9:16 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - November 5, 2022 at 10:02 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by itsmeavi_ - November 9, 2022 at 6:29 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - November 9, 2022 at 10:59 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by LinuxGal - November 27, 2022 at 11:12 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - November 9, 2022 at 1:14 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by polymath257 - November 9, 2022 at 1:22 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - May 20, 2023 at 3:57 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jack8 - November 19, 2022 at 5:06 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by rocinantexyz - November 27, 2022 at 6:35 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by UniversesBoss - November 26, 2022 at 1:32 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Jehanne - November 27, 2022 at 12:16 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Angrboda - November 27, 2022 at 11:30 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - May 20, 2023 at 2:11 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - May 20, 2023 at 4:21 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - May 20, 2023 at 6:54 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by A. Secular Human - May 20, 2023 at 3:44 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - June 5, 2023 at 3:29 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by no one - June 5, 2023 at 3:39 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by SirLuck - June 18, 2023 at 7:42 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by brewer - June 18, 2023 at 6:11 pm
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - July 16, 2023 at 3:20 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Carl Hickey - July 16, 2023 at 3:47 am
RE: Is zero a natural number? - by Angrboda - July 16, 2023 at 7:29 am

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