Is zero a number?

[Ian]

Lance, you have to put in zero effort.

[Lance, Group Founder]

Ah, I can do that.

[Elisabet]

Numbers have properties that are called communicative, associative, distributive, (etc).
Now...if you were to use only whole numbers to plug in any one of these properties, you would get a tangible value....this is what I mean:

Communicative: 1+1 = 1+1; 2+2 = 2+2; 3+3 =3+3

Associative: 1+1+1
1+1=2
2+1=3
or (1+1)+1
2+1=3

Distributive: 1*(1+1)
1*1 + 1*1
1+1 =2

So...any number from 1 to 9 will yield a tangible result even when used alone.
Now, use zero alone.....

So, the question is...can you say that zero has property when it is used alone?

Will math cease to be math when zero is used alone? :)))))))))

Zero, the mathematical big bang, yay!!!!

[Elisabet]

James wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I'm pretty sure that everyone knows that in math, zero is considered a number, but isn't that a confined interpretation of something far more comprehensive?

What if zero was just mean..."

If zero means the same as infinity, then zero dinero would be awesome!!! ....so, instead, perhaps zero is the inverse of infinity.......

[Ian]

Lisa, it is the reciprocal

[Graeme]

Lisa wrote: "I'm pretty sure that everyone knows that in math, zero is considered a number, but isn't that a confined interpretation of something far more comprehensive?..."

Please excuse me, but what is a confined interpretation?

[Harry]

So... was Zero Mostel a nothing then?

("Who the hell's Zero Mostel?" ask the younger group members...)

[[deleted user]]

who the hell's Zero Mostel?

[Harry]

Krishna wrote: "who the hell's Zero Mostel?"

:)

[Elisabet]

Graeme Rodaughan wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I'm pretty sure that everyone knows that in math, zero is considered a number, but isn't that a confined interpretation of something far more comprehensive?..."

Please excuse me, but ..."

Limited

[Elisabet]

Harry wrote: "So... was Zero Mostel a nothing then?

("Who the hell's Zero Mostel?" ask the younger group members...)"

Is that in the new Harry poem? :))) ....Never heard of it before but sounds like one of those legendary mysterious beings who nobody sees except a few.....Perhaps this legendary being lives in your closet, Harry?

[Elisabet]

Harry wrote: "Krishna wrote: "who the hell's Zero Mostel?"

:)"

Just Google it....It's an actor! Would be scary to keep in your closet, Harry! ....Or perhaps you keep him there when you're in need of artistic inspiration?

[Harry]

Lisa wrote: "Harry wrote: "Krishna wrote: "who the hell's Zero Mostel?"

:)"

Just Google it....It's an actor! Would be scary to keep in your closet, Harry! ....Or perhaps you keep him there when you're in need..."

I can confirm I don't keep the ageing corpse of the great actor Zero Mostel in my wardrobe. :)

[Elisabet]

Harry wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Harry wrote: "Krishna wrote: "who the hell's Zero Mostel?"

:)"

Just Google it....It's an actor! Would be scary to keep in your closet, Harry! ....Or perhaps you keep him there when y..."

Lol....Good to know!

[James, Group Founder]

So if there can be a zeroeth post in this thread, what would be the one before that? The NegativeOneEth post?
Or...Is it true there was no zeroeth post before the original post - proving the (conspiracy) theory that zero isn't really a number?

[Ian]

Of course there was a zeroth post. You just can't see it because it had zero content. No conspiracy here.

As an aside, there is a zeroth law of thermodynamics, which proves it must be a number :-)

[James, Group Founder]

Didn't know that about the law of thermodynamics. That's a big confirmation zero might be real...

[[deleted user]]

https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/02...

[James, Group Founder]

It's too late now to become a Zero Hero, Masi!
You rejected Zero all along...
Now you wanna join the club!

[James, Group Founder]

Masi, the best I can offer you is that you can go on the waiting list to become a Zero Hero.
Your number in the queue is zero.
You're zeroeth in the queue, so it's hard to estimate when you will enter the Zero secret society...

[James, Group Founder]

0 :)

[Lance, Group Founder]

How many Zero Heroes are on our waiting list?
I thought I was in exclusive company, but it appears we ZHs are two a penny.
And are we ranked? And if so who is ZH #1? Or is he/she superseded by ZH #0? And where do I rank exactly?
This is all very disappointing...

[James, Group Founder]

In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant's gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants.

[James, Group Founder]

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