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A '''negative number''' is a [[number]] less than [[zero]].

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There is a philosophical issue as to the existence and meaning of the concept of a negative number. Western mathematicians resisted the concept of negative numbers until the 1600s or so. Ancient Greeks thought that a negative solution to a problem indicated that the problem is absurd.

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Negative numbers are justified by some based on a symmetry with positive numbers.

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