Re: OT: is zero a mathematically positive number?

Anything raise to power zero is One :)

-Raman

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Wouter Prins <wp_at_null0.nl> wrote:

> If you encounter a task asking to implement a 'neutral' route you know
> where
> to set your next-hop to! :P
>
> 2009/6/8 Scott Morris <smorris_at_internetworkexpert.com>
>
> > While I'm not quite as mathematically insane as folks like Petr, I'll
> take
> > my stab at it...
> >
> > 0 would be a mathematically neutral (null) number without a positive or
> > negative ramification.
> >
> > Just my two cents!
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> > Marc La Porte wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Totally OT, but good fun I guess... just to get out mind off things ;-)
> >>
> >> I had a math teacher who was able to mathematically proof that 0 (zero)
> is
> >> a
> >> positive number (meaning not neutral or negative). Obviously I cannot
> >> reproduce that, but...
> >>
> >> So, for all the math wizards out there (Petr?), amaze me with formulas
> ;-)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Marc
> >>
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