fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoZero to heromander.xyzimagemessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1890arrow-down117
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minus-squarepooberbee (they/she)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoPrime factorization starts at 2, I’m not sure what you mean. Anyway, if you wanted to exclude 0 you could say “positive integers”, it’s not that hard.
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago1 also has a unique ‘empty’ prime factorization, while zero has none. You can also say “nonnegative integers”, if you want to include zero.
Prime factorization starts at 2, I’m not sure what you mean. Anyway, if you wanted to exclude 0 you could say “positive integers”, it’s not that hard.
1 also has a unique ‘empty’ prime factorization, while zero has none.
You can also say “nonnegative integers”, if you want to include zero.