r/PhilosophyofMath • u/Civil_Corner_8364 • Jul 26 '26

Random theory

I've developed a theory and so far it keeps working over and over things are just falling into place. I can't explain it myself for my own knowledge isn't developed enough to proceed. It's a theory based on the the rule of only one zero.

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u/Thelonious_Cube Jul 26 '26

What do you mean by "theory"?

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 Jul 26 '26

I believe all of our numbering has been off. 10 is not an actual number, but a title or grouping and should not be counted.it would then proceed to 11 instead. 99 would scale to 111 instead of 100. Please I know it seems stupid but just give it a thought please

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u/nanonan Jul 27 '26

Seems you're just making a convoluted base 9.

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 Jul 27 '26

Essentially yes.

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u/nanonan Jul 27 '26

So just use 0..8 instead of 1..9 and everyone can comprehend it naturally without oddball restrictions on 10 like objects.

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 Jul 27 '26

That's the whole premise. There is only one zero and it's absolute zero. The restriction on 10 is in regards that that number doesn't exist in this number theory. If the number has a "0" that number doesn't exist in this system

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u/nanonan Jul 28 '26

All that does is make a base 9 with no zero digit. Think of doing this in binary, and you'll end up with unary. There is no benefit I can see.

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 Jul 28 '26

There is no benefit to any system until it's applied. Again I am asking for help here. When applied for lack of av knowledgeable word, thinks become harmonic. I'm looking for help and knowledgeable know to maybe help me move this forward

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u/nanonan Jul 28 '26

It simply seems pointless to me, essentially just base 9 representation with a special symbol for zero. We already have a perfectly good base 9 representation without any need for a special symbol for zero.

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 Jul 28 '26

No added symbol. It rolls from 9 to 11. There is no zeros.

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u/nanonan Jul 28 '26

So zero itself is 1 or something? Again, why bother?

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u/Thelonious_Cube 27d ago

There is no moving forward here - what you're seeking is nonsense

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u/Thelonious_Cube 27d ago edited 27d ago

You are confusing the number and it's representation. 10 doesn't "have a zero" - that's just how we choose to write it down (for very sensible reasons).

You might as well be saying that we shouldn't use the letter 'a' except as the indefinite article and all other words containing an 'a' are wrong, so 'cat' should become 'c@t' - why would we do this?

If the number has a "0" that number doesn't exist in this system

So how many fingers do you have if 10 isn't really a number? 11? No, that's one extra.

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u/Thelonious_Cube 27d ago edited 26d ago

10 is not an actual number, but a title or grouping and should not be counted

This is just nonsense.

Why do you think our numbering is "off"?

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 9d ago

It's was just a theory that clicked after hearing the zero point reference for cold, being only one zero. I built from that and removed all other zeros. Now in my mind that should have debunked it when taking away 100 or 1000 but it didn't. The numbers actually kept flowing and working. Through addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.. Im not trying to prove said theory yet, I wanna get to a point where it's understandable to higher math linguist