We all know that 0 is an integer. But is it postive or negative ? Interesting enough, whenever we want to indicate a postive number, we use the symbol ">". For example, m > 0 clearly implies that it is postive. Going by this definition strictly and since 0 is NOT > 0, do we conclude that 0 is not postive ? Using the similar token for definition of negativity (i.e. < 0), it seems logical to say that 0 is not negative. Then what is 0 ? Postive or Negative ? Or shall we put aside 0 as a category of its own kind ?
2006-08-06
08:14:26
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