Re: Is zero even or odd?

From: k wallace (wallace.k_at_engr.orst.edNOSPAMu)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:11:48 -0800

Kevin Aylward wrote:
> vonroach wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:34:03 -0000, BB <BB@BB.BB> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The divisor would have to be something smaller than 0 like -2.
>>>Therefore zero is both even and negative.
>>
>>Whoa! A new concept: -0. Let's make up some other numbers. I suggest
>>wizzad and fugawe. I'd have suggested Arunda, but I believe some
>>obscure African group already uses that in their alphabet.
>
>
> -0 often/usually signifies a limit approaching from the negative
> direction.

But that is an indication of direction to approach from, NOT a sign on
the zero. When approaching f(x) from -0, we are not somehow computing
with "negative zero".
So while "-0" may have a defined meaning, it is certainly not
  "negative zero".
This is getting too silly.

kwallace

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