Re: A new definition of natural numbers


"kunzmilan" <kunzmilan@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Many long discussions in this group lead to the conclusion, that it is
necessary to define anew what is a natural number. I propose this:
A natural number is a number which has its own name in form of a numeral
in a natural language (for example English).
Therefore, infinity is not a natural number, since it is from its
nature indefinite, as numerals some or many are.
It can be discussed, if mathematical expressions for large numbers
belong to natural languages or or if they form an artificial language,
as Esperanto or computer languages are.
Physicists must precise in next hundreds years the definition of the
Avogadro number. Otherwise, it can not keep its status of the natural
number.
kunzmilan


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