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to: CAMERON CLARK
from: ASHER DENSMORE-LYNN
date: 1997-07-22 02:50:00
subject: Signs of numbers

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 
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