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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?
May 20, 2023 at 3:57 am
(November 9, 2022 at 1:22 pm)polymath257 Wrote:
(November 9, 2022 at 1:14 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Great explanation, Poly, even though I am siding with most anthropologists on this likely insignificant question.

If you go to the ancient Greeks, 1 wasn't considered a number either.

Hi,

An apple is a thing (unit). Quality of an apple: red, sweet, hard, ...

A full set of apples (1 apple (the apple is the unit)): the set is a thing; the quality of the set is 1.
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Is zero a natural number?

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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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