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[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

Large nonnegative numbers*

[-] Tenkard@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

If they're big the zero is skipped anyway

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Just write it bigger.

[-] jxk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the comment - - I will fight for recognizing zero as a natural number

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

In mathematics, the natural numbers are the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on, possibly excluding 0.[1] Some start counting with 0, defining the natural numbers as the non-negative integers 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., while others start with 1, defining them as the positive integers 1, 2, 3, ... .[a] Some authors acknowledge both definitions whenever convenient.[2] Sometimes, the whole numbers are the natural numbers as well as zero. In other cases, the whole numbers refer to all of the integers, including negative integers.[3] The counting numbers are another term for the natural numbers, particularly in primary education, and are ambiguous as well although typically start at 1.

Sauce

So it is undefined behavior, great

[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. Some mathematicians think that 0 is natural, others don't. So "natural number" is ambiguous.

In order to avoid ambiguity, instead of using fancy "N", you should use fancy "N0" to refer to {0,1,2,3,4,...} and "positive integers" to refer to {1,2,3,4,...}.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If your array doesn't start at zero I'm not sure we can be friends.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

sure, but a large one?

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