Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

When in elementary school there was a chart showing the numbers. But the zero was to the right of the nine. That confused me then. No wonder kids have difficulty grasping the concept of zero. On Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 8:34 AM Björn Helgason wrote: > beenary numbers > >

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

beenary numbers https://m.phys.org/news/2018-06-scientists-bees-concept.html On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 07:40 'Bo Jacoby' via Chat, wrote: > Cardinal numbers (0, 1, 2, . . .) are including 0 (zero). > Ordinal numbers (1, 2, 3, . . .) are starting with 1 (first). There is no > "zeroth". > There is

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

Cardinal numbers (0, 1, 2, . . .) are  including 0 (zero). Ordinal numbers (1, 2, 3, . . .) are  starting with 1 (first). There is no "zeroth". There is arithmetic of cardinal numbers (including the J verbs + * ^ ! ) , but there is no arithmetic of ordinal numbers. The codes of the UDC are

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If God created the universe who created nothing? https://www.quora.com/If-God-created-the-universe-who-created-nothing/answer/David-Lambert-86?prompt_topic_bio=1