Is zero a natural number?

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Is zero a natural number?

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RE: Is zero a natural number?

November 5, 2022 at 6:31 pm

(January 18, 2022 at 8:04 am)Jehanne Wrote:
(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

Yes, it does occur in nature, but, the Romans got along just fine without any numerical representation of it.

The Greeks didn't know zero, and they didn't even consider 1 to be a number, since it didn't act like any of the other numbers. Multiply any number by 1 and you get the same number back. The numbers didn't start acting like numbers until 2.

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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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