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What's a "natural" number?

The Baron wrote:What's a "natural" number?

In mathematics, a natural number means either an element of the set {1, 2, 3, ...} (the positive integers) or an element of the set {0, 1, 2, 3, ...} (the non-negative integers).

Natural numbers have two main purposes: counting ("there are 3 apples on the table") and ordering ("this is the 3rd largest city in the country").

Properties of the natural numbers related to divisibility, such as the distribution of prime numbers, are studied in number theory. Problems concerning counting, such as Ramsey theory, are studied in combinatorics.

So there are "unnatural" numbers?

The Baron wrote:So there are "unnatural" numbers?

er ....... dunno ?

The Baron wrote:What do I get for 5618?

5618 / 47 = 119.53191489361702127659574468085

That's just fuckin spooky.

Looks like the motion for 47 is carried.

47 is used a lot in TNG and later Star Trek series. it started as an in-joke by a writer and snowballed. JJ Abrams also uses 47 a lot in Alias, where it's supposed to have special significance. he's carried that forward into Lost (i think) and also used it in the new Trek movie. (Nero's ship destroys 47 Klingon warships for one)

Sundance wrote:47 is used a lot in TNG and later Star Trek series. it started as an in-joke by a writer and snowballed. JJ Abrams also uses 47 a lot in Alias, where it's supposed to have special significance. he's carried that forward into Lost (i think) and also used it in the new Trek movie. (Nero's ship destroys 47 Klingon warships for one)

i also use the number 47 a lot when counting from 46 to 48, i'm freaked out right now!

I voted yes