Re: Colors of Infinity

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From: cjp... Jim Sarbeck
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 00:00

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(Simon Slavin) wrote:
(Peter Ceresole) wrote:
 (Simon Slavin) wrote:
: > 
: > >Not 'invented' -- 'discovered' !  Discovered discovered discovered.
: > >                          DISCOVERED !
: > 
: > Do you think so?
: > 
: > The phenomena that maths is used to examine are discovered, surely, but
: > maths itself *is* invented.
: 
: We invented the fact that 2+2=4 ?  Or that e^(pi*i)=-1 ?  Don't be
: silly.  We figured them out (discovered them) by accident or research.
: Two trees plus two trees made four trees long before humans existed.


Etc.

Could someone explain to me the natural phenomenon leading to the
discovery that zero factorial is equal to one (0! = 1)?

Regards,
Jim Sarbeck
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From: cjp...@batnet.com (Jim Sarbeck)
Subject: Re: Colors of Infinity
Date: 1997/06/14
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