Talk:Integer
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- positive integers: are these called counting numbers, natural numbers, or whole numbers?
- zero and the positive integers: what are these called (besides "nonnegative integers"?)
We need to provide simple and reliable definitions. Students are looking to us for answers. --Ed Poor Talk 12:27, 19 November 2008 (EST)
I like this web site:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/whole-numbers.html
Counting Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
Including zero we get Whole Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
Allowing negatives => Integers: ... -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
- I'd prefer the standard of MathWorld. We should try to avoid the intrinsic ambiguity of the term whole numbers --BRichtigen 17:25, 19 November 2008 (EST)