Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 17, 2006 07:35 AM
From the wikipedia article:
"Before counting starts, the result can be assumed to be zero;"
So how is zero representing a number? Zero is a mathematical abstraction to represent the absence of a number. Zero is named a "number" to ensure that the whole numerical system doesn't break down.
The OP should have more accurately said that you can't have a zero'th freedom since you can't, by definition, have a zero'th anything.
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Re:Uh?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 17, 2006 07:35 AM"Before counting starts, the result can be assumed to be zero;"
So how is zero representing a number? Zero is a mathematical abstraction to represent the absence of a number. Zero is named a "number" to ensure that the whole numerical system doesn't break down.
The OP should have more accurately said that you can't have a zero'th freedom since you can't, by definition, have a zero'th anything.
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