Problem 1003 Is 0 a natural number?

dtyfc | 2015-06-20 20:33:50Author
thank you
admin | 2015-06-20 20:37:13# 1
这个。。小学数学应该教过的吧
hongrock | 2015-06-20 20:42:52# 2
这个我还真不敢说。。。我小学老师就分两个阵营了。。。为此我也很想知道出题人你是信奉哪一种的。。。
dtyfc | 2015-06-20 20:56:51# 3
"There is no universal agreement about whether to include zero in the set of natural numbers. Some authors begin the natural numbers with 0, corresponding to the non-negative integers 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., whereas others start with 1, corresponding to the positive integers 1, 2, 3, ...." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number
dtyfc | 2015-06-20 21:08:51# 4
The term "natural number" refers either to a member of the set of positive integers 1, 2, 3, ... (OEIS A000027) or to the set of nonnegative integers 0, 1, 2, 3, ... (OEIS A001477; e.g., Bourbaki 1968, Halmos 1974). Regrettably, there seems to be no general agreement about whether to include 0 in the set of natural numbers. In fact, Ribenboim states "Let P be a set of natural numbers; whenever convenient, it may be assumed that 0 element P." from Wolfram Alpha