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[-]Zack_M_Davis9y*20

Well, we could imagine someone arguing that differences-between-numbers could be interpreted as a philosophically different entity than the numbers themselves: 3 − 5 = -2, but numbers like -2 which are in ℤ but not ℕ don't have the same kind of easy interpretation as a number you would use to count physical objects with in the way natural numbers like 3 and 5 have.

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[-]alexei9y*10

in X, such that...

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[-]So8res9y*20

Suggestion: Mark this thread as an "editor only" comment.

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[-]So8res9y*20

Fixed, thanks.

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