Re: Is zero even or odd?
From: Alfred Z. Newmane (a.newmane.remove_at_eastcoastcz.com)
Date: 12/22/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:58:29 -0800
k wallace wrote:
> 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".
Exactly. I was gonan pot the same thing jsut before I saw your post.
> This is getting too silly.
Well it seems a lot of debates I've seen on usenet become over inflated
by people who know nothing of what they are talking about, and the OP is
no wiser than before he made the initial post. Even with all the
knowledgeable posts abroad, they get lost in the mix of utter ignorance,
or so it seems.
It's really sad if you really think about it...
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