20 Jul 97 23:01, Cameron Clark wrote to Jeff Edmonson:
>> In discrete math, is zero positive/negative or neither?
JE>>
JE>> neither.
CC> Neither odd or even, neither negative or positive; for all intents
CC> an purposes, I declare it doesn't exist, but, is only an
CC> additive indentity.
Sorry, but zero can be positive, and it can be negative. It depends on what
you're using it for, and -how- you're using it.
Having to deal with negative zeroes gave me a headache, too. (:
Besides, anything that doesn't exist shouldn't cause this many debates and
discussions. d:
Asher Densmore-Lynn
... Neither rain or snow or l?ne noise..
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