1.16.2007

Musings/Numbers { Zero(0)

Zero.

One of the most absolute of all numbers.

It was not the first number created by humans (it took Persian mathematicians).

It is the most powerful of all numbers.

It is neither positive, or negative.

Zero divided by any number equals zero. (0/x)=0

Any number divided by zero does not exist. (X/0)=??? [does not compute]

Any number, including infinity, multiplied by zero, equals zero. (X*0)=0.

It adds nor subtracts anything to any number in which is put against. (X+0)=X, (Y-0)=Y

But, if you subtract a number from zero, or add for that matter, it changes. (0+X)=X, (0-Y)=-Y

It is nothing, but still something.

0C is the freezing point of water, while 0F is well below the freezing point.

At 0K all motion ceases. Absolute Zero is the terminus of existence.

0 is not arbitrary, yet an infinite number of zeros exist between it and any given number. Infinity is compressed between the zero of any number, except the single zero 0 that is the absolute.