Talk:Algebra/Arithmetic/Numerical Axioms

The version written on August 3rd, 2003 contradicts the module Algebra/Further arithmetic and other algebra books such as the Reference given below because Axiom 1 states that there is a natural number 0 and the other sources say that the natural numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, ..... Effectively the other sources say that 0 is a whole number but not a natural number.

Reference: ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY with Analytic Geometry, Ninth Edition, by Earl Slotkowski and Jeffery Cole, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company 1997

H Padleckas 09:55, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)