▲ 22 ▼ This might be a silly question, but why do people say "non-negative integers" when they could just say "whole numbers"? (infosec.pub) submitted 2 years ago* by infinity11@infosec.pub to c/askscience@lemmy.world 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Serdan@lemm.ee 54 points 2 years ago (1 child) Negative integers are also whole. You may be thinking of "natural numbers", and the reason is that there's no universal rule on whether to include zero or not. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] infinity11@infosec.pub [S] 7 points 2 years ago OK, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent