Re:Functional Programming, Abstraction, and Names
by SatvikBeri on Saturday May 21, 2016 @01:08AM
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The integers >= 0 have 0 as the identity: 0 + n = n + 0 = n. But they don't have inverses, because e.g. there's no positive number n such that n + 1 = 0.
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Re:Functional Programming, Abstraction, and Names
by cantankerous on Saturday May 21, 2016 @02:48AM
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I think you mean the naturals.
Re:Functional Programming, Abstraction, and Names
by floatboth on Saturday May 21, 2016 @07:29AM
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People disagree about whether 0 is natural though. Better not to use the word at all :D
Re:Functional Programming, Abstraction, and Names
by SatvikBeri on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @10:38AM
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I wanted to avoid an argument about whether 0 is a natural number or not.