fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoZero to heromander.xyzimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1856arrow-down117
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minus-squarepooberbee (they/she)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·10 months agoIt is a natural number. Is there an argument for it not being so?
minus-squaredarthelmet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·10 months agoWell I’m convinced. That was a surprisingly well reasoned video.
minus-squareSorse@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoThanks for linking this video! It lays out all of the facts nicely, so you can come to your own decision
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIf we add it as natural number, half of number theory, starting from fundamental theorem of arithmetics, would have to replace “all natural numbers” with “all natural numbers, except zero”.
minus-squarepooberbee (they/she)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoPrime factorization starts at 2, I’m not sure what you mean. Anyway, if you wanted to exclude 0 you could say “positive integers”, it’s not that hard.
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago1 also has a unique ‘empty’ prime factorization, while zero has none. You can also say “nonnegative integers”, if you want to include zero.
It is a natural number. Is there an argument for it not being so?
no it’s not
Well I’m convinced. That was a surprisingly well reasoned video.
Thanks for linking this video! It lays out all of the facts nicely, so you can come to your own decision
If we add it as natural number, half of number theory, starting from fundamental theorem of arithmetics, would have to replace “all natural numbers” with “all natural numbers, except zero”.
Prime factorization starts at 2, I’m not sure what you mean. Anyway, if you wanted to exclude 0 you could say “positive integers”, it’s not that hard.
1 also has a unique ‘empty’ prime factorization, while zero has none.
You can also say “nonnegative integers”, if you want to include zero.