Zero is a number. Would negative numbers be less of a number than zero if 0 was not a number? Zero is considered an integer (and sometimes a natural number) which are by definition real.bahumat42 said:THANK YOUkeideki said:Neither.... zero is not a number, but a lack there of.
Nice response time btw, your dragging the intelligence of the escapist up. Good job Id usually expect this kind of response by the end of a thread.
0 is a number. Don't worry. It is also even.Wabblefish said:Isn't 0 technically not a number or something?
I've heard maths teachers say stuff like "0 technically isn't a number but technically it is" then said some random shit like that...they've also somehow explained to me that it's an even number too but I dunno.
Which by the way are all numbers XDDulcinea said:Apparently some people think zero isn't a number, but a 'mathematical concept' XD
Actually that just depends on who you ask. Zero is "sometimes" considered natural. "Natural Number" is actually kind of an ambiguous term to begin withZantos said:0 is not a natural number.
which is a useful rule if were talking about numbers. unfortunately 0 is not a number.AnOriginalConcept said:It's even.
A number is even if it is divisible by 2 with no remainder.
Hey, I like that too. I also like that this has gone on for FIVE pages already. And counting!drummond13 said:Podunk said:I like how many people totally know what they're talking about and have opposing answers.
I like how the issue has been definitively proven about a dozen times and there are still people saying that zero isn't an actual number.
That states that the function f(x)=0 has no parity, not that zero has no parity.Purple Shrimp said:in terms of functions it's both. a function is even if f(x) = f(-x) and odd if f(-x) = -f(x), and f(x) = 0 satisfies both. I don't know if that necessarily carries across to the number but it'd make sense
This seems appropriate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_ScotsmanHazzaslagga said:0 is not an actual number...
Whoops, I read a bit closer into some of the things people said.Tzekelkan said:Not really. Many people have posted proof that zero is even, but no one has posted proof that it's odd, or that it's neither/both. Not a single post showed proof that zero isn't even. Everybody's just "trust me gais, I got dis".Zero_ctrl said:Others have correctly answered the question despite having completely opposing answers. It really just depends on the context.Electrohydra said:It's a number. And a concept. Because all numbers are concepts (or fillers, or whatever you want to call it). Even your "normal" numbers.RaNDM G said:Zero isn't a number. It's a concept.
Don't believe me, then find me, find a 21. Not 21 things, but A 21. Or someone feeling 21 if you think it's an emotion. Or doing 21 if you think it's an action. Etc.