Re: Plural numbers: a new view of the natural numbers?

On Jul 31, 7:56 am, Timothy Golden <tttppp...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This idea is based on a philosophy of seperating definition from derivation. Two is derived
2 = 1 + 1
at a level that is higher than one is defined at. Hence unity must be defined at a deeper level than the plural numbers(the natural numbers greater than one). Here then we can get to a nearly Boolean basis where zero and unity are defined but all else is derived.

You will find this concept in the Peano axioms as
"the successor of a natural number".

- Randy

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