Is Zero a Natural Number?
Year: 2011
Type: preprint
Abstract: It is argued that zero should be considered as a cardinal number but not an ordinal number. One should make a clear distinction between order types that are labels for well-ordered sets and ordinal numbers that are labels for the elements in these sets.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Harremoës, Peter
Language: English
Subfield: Theoretical Computer Science
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2119557095