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Re:Poll: Is “-3” a whole number? by detaro on Monday September 05, 2016 @01:10PM (#12431273)
Surprising how split it is, I'd never have thought that 50% would say "No".
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Re:Poll: Is “-3” a whole number? by maxerickson on Monday September 05, 2016 @01:18PM (#12431310)
It's commonly taught that way.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/WholeNumber.html

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Re:Poll: Is “-3” a whole number? by detaro on Monday September 05, 2016 @01:20PM (#12431325)
Seems to be an interesting case of a "false friend" then. The direct translation from/to German ("ganze Zahl"/"Ganzzahl") is very clearly defined as including the negative ones, and taught as such, in contrast to the natural numbers.
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