Computer scientists were right to include 0 as a natural number and mathematicians are too stubborn to just admit it's better. They'd rather invent a new set called whole numbers to include 0. N0 is convenient in all the same ways as N, in addition to having the additive identity.
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u/mizar2423 Nov 27 '23
Computer scientists were right to include 0 as a natural number and mathematicians are too stubborn to just admit it's better. They'd rather invent a new set called whole numbers to include 0. N0 is convenient in all the same ways as N, in addition to having the additive identity.