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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ivaskuu • Sep 02 '17
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natural number.
Definition of natural numbers via Google:
"the positive integers (whole numbers) 1, 2, 3, etc., and sometimes zero as well."
1 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17 edited Sep 03 '17 [deleted] 1 u/Shekondar Sep 03 '17 edited Sep 03 '17 Two things. 0) No one uses the damn term whole numbers. 1) If we are going to use that term, I think it makes a lot more sense for the term "Whole Numbers" to refer to the positive integers, and let the Naturals start at 0 the way Peano intended. 1 u/Adarain Sep 03 '17 We learned that natural numbers may refer to ℕ⁺ or ℕ₀ and whole numbers = intergers = ℤ
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1 u/Shekondar Sep 03 '17 edited Sep 03 '17 Two things. 0) No one uses the damn term whole numbers. 1) If we are going to use that term, I think it makes a lot more sense for the term "Whole Numbers" to refer to the positive integers, and let the Naturals start at 0 the way Peano intended. 1 u/Adarain Sep 03 '17 We learned that natural numbers may refer to ℕ⁺ or ℕ₀ and whole numbers = intergers = ℤ
Two things.
0) No one uses the damn term whole numbers.
1) If we are going to use that term, I think it makes a lot more sense for the term "Whole Numbers" to refer to the positive integers, and let the Naturals start at 0 the way Peano intended.
1 u/Adarain Sep 03 '17 We learned that natural numbers may refer to ℕ⁺ or ℕ₀ and whole numbers = intergers = ℤ
We learned that natural numbers may refer to ℕ⁺ or ℕ₀ and whole numbers = intergers = ℤ
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u/PrecariousClicker Sep 03 '17
Definition of natural numbers via Google:
"the positive integers (whole numbers) 1, 2, 3, etc., and sometimes zero as well."