Re: Zero



On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:57:15 -0500, Guess who
<notreally.here@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Again, consider a definition of an odd number as 2n+1, or 2n - 1.
>There is no integer solution if either is put equal to zero.
>Whereas, 2n = 0 puts n = 0, and 0 as a multiple of 2.

Of course, it's also a multiple of 3.... :-(
I said I wasn't good at number theory.

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