Re: 0 * X = null?

From: Oscar Lanzi III (ol3_at_webtv.net)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:55:42 -0600

The concept of zero as a number is one of the most basic princples in
all of mathematics, but it is not trivial for the very reasons described
in thos thread. We have to go on the idea that numbers exist even when
we can't readily see them.

--OL

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