natural number
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English
Noun
natural number (plural natural numbers)
- (mathematics) a positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}
- (mathematics) a non-negative integer {0, 1, 2, ...}
- 2007, Mark Bridger, REAL ANALYSIS: A Constructive Approach, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, page 3:
- A careful derivation of the arithmetic properties of the natural numbers , using induction, was done by G. Peano (1858–1932). It is a lot of fun, but we will not pursue any of it here.
Translations
positive integer or non-negative integer
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(only) positive integer
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(only) non-negative integer
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