Re: is zero a mathematically positive number?

are you doing a research on this Marc? Or thinking to do some research?
valla, it gona be like re-inventing "the" wheel!!

http://www.mathleague.com/help/posandneg/posandneg.htm

I have Masters degree in Maths and also in "networking". My ex-professors
always told me and we discussed about it many times. It has always been a
good discussion point in the class.

It's "natural number" as Joe said!!

frog

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Joe Astorino <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:

> I am no mathematician, but we were always taught (at least in HS "advanced
> math") that 0 was neither positive or negative, and therefore was neutral.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Astorino
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Marc
> La Porte
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 7:16 AM
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> Subject: OT: is zero a mathematically positive number?
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> 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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