Dan Bron wrote:

> In J,  0 = -0  .  The two values do not differ
> and cannot be distinguished (A).  So  "(-0)  is
> the same as  "0  .  

Zero has another property worth mentioning here:  It
sheds the negative sign.  Consider statements such as
those you make in your new essay, A Fine Line.  For
purposes of specifying rank, zero always has a
continuity of properties with positive numbers, even
if _0 is written.


Tracy Harms




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