Very fair criticism! It's true that the zero (and other mathematical concepts) occupy mathematicians with their strange implications, though I'd say my post rests more on the assumption that most (non-mathematician) people don't really see the zero as anything special now, unlike in the past.
Very fair criticism! It's true that the zero (and other mathematical concepts) occupy mathematicians with their strange implications, though I'd say my post rests more on the assumption that most (non-mathematician) people don't really see the zero as anything special now, unlike in the past.
Very fair criticism! It's true that the zero (and other mathematical concepts) occupy mathematicians with their strange implications, though I'd say my post rests more on the assumption that most (non-mathematician) people don't really see the zero as anything special now, unlike in the past.