▲ 1166 ▼ Big naturals is way easier to pronounce (sub.wetshaving.social) submitted 1 year ago by weird@sub.wetshaving.social to c/memes@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Natural Numbers ≠ Integers though. In spite of that, I'm chuckling. Math can be funny sometimes 😂 permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MBM@lemmings.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Positive integers are (a subset of) natural numbers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) Why a subset? They're the same thing right? I guess it could be about the zero? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) you answered your own question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Well what I learned in school was that zero was both positive and negative. I knew some people consider the natural numbers don't include zero, but I didn't know for some zero isn't even positive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* it is neither positive nor negative permalink fedilink source parent [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* I knew a physicist who considered 0 negative if she arrived at 0 coming from negative source numbers and positive if coming from positive sources. Something something sampling rate permalink fedilink source parent [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago Some places (like France) talk about positive and strictly positive, others (like England) about non-negative and positive permalink fedilink source parent [–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Identical sets are considered subsets of each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago True But I don't think they would have said "a subset of" if the sets were identical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MBM@lemmings.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Positive integers are (a subset of) natural numbers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) Why a subset? They're the same thing right? I guess it could be about the zero? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) you answered your own question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Well what I learned in school was that zero was both positive and negative. I knew some people consider the natural numbers don't include zero, but I didn't know for some zero isn't even positive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* it is neither positive nor negative permalink fedilink source parent [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* I knew a physicist who considered 0 negative if she arrived at 0 coming from negative source numbers and positive if coming from positive sources. Something something sampling rate permalink fedilink source parent [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago Some places (like France) talk about positive and strictly positive, others (like England) about non-negative and positive permalink fedilink source parent [–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Identical sets are considered subsets of each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago True But I don't think they would have said "a subset of" if the sets were identical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ewenak@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) Why a subset? They're the same thing right? I guess it could be about the zero? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) you answered your own question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Well what I learned in school was that zero was both positive and negative. I knew some people consider the natural numbers don't include zero, but I didn't know for some zero isn't even positive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* it is neither positive nor negative permalink fedilink source parent [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* I knew a physicist who considered 0 negative if she arrived at 0 coming from negative source numbers and positive if coming from positive sources. Something something sampling rate permalink fedilink source parent [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago Some places (like France) talk about positive and strictly positive, others (like England) about non-negative and positive permalink fedilink source parent [–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Identical sets are considered subsets of each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago True But I don't think they would have said "a subset of" if the sets were identical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) you answered your own question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Well what I learned in school was that zero was both positive and negative. I knew some people consider the natural numbers don't include zero, but I didn't know for some zero isn't even positive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* it is neither positive nor negative permalink fedilink source parent [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* I knew a physicist who considered 0 negative if she arrived at 0 coming from negative source numbers and positive if coming from positive sources. Something something sampling rate permalink fedilink source parent [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago Some places (like France) talk about positive and strictly positive, others (like England) about non-negative and positive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ewenak@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Well what I learned in school was that zero was both positive and negative. I knew some people consider the natural numbers don't include zero, but I didn't know for some zero isn't even positive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* it is neither positive nor negative permalink fedilink source parent [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* I knew a physicist who considered 0 negative if she arrived at 0 coming from negative source numbers and positive if coming from positive sources. Something something sampling rate permalink fedilink source parent [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago Some places (like France) talk about positive and strictly positive, others (like England) about non-negative and positive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* it is neither positive nor negative permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* I knew a physicist who considered 0 negative if she arrived at 0 coming from negative source numbers and positive if coming from positive sources. Something something sampling rate permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago Some places (like France) talk about positive and strictly positive, others (like England) about non-negative and positive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Identical sets are considered subsets of each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ewenak@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago True But I don't think they would have said "a subset of" if the sets were identical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ewenak@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago True But I don't think they would have said "a subset of" if the sets were identical. permalink fedilink source parent
