Talk:1/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Arkansalty.  PrimeBOT (talk) 12:51, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

"1(number)" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect 1(number) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 6#1(number) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 19:17, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Balu tenzin

Wangchuk123 (talk) 08:18, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

No request. D.Lazard (talk) 09:44, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

"꤁" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect ꤁ and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 4#꤁ until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 22:59, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2022

Make a 1 to be spelld *one* 150.176.114.139 (talk) 14:47, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Kpgjhpjm 14:56, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Image from Wikipedia

The 24-hour tower clock in Venice, using J as a symbol for 1 174.96.14.175 (talk) 15:52, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

The pool ball 1

"1" is the notable number of the first pool ball. Its color is yellow.

191.255.194.29 (talk) 09:00, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Not suitable for inclusion. See Talk:15 (number)#The pool ball 15. Certes (talk) 15:36, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2023

Nguyễn Năng Quang 03 (talk) 15:28, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Null request: you need to tell us the change you want to make. Imaginatorium (talk) 15:34, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

As a word

One is described as a determiner for a countable noun, a pronoun, and a noun (when referring to the number itself). But this seems to be missing the adjective, e.g., as in "number one priority". Thoughts?

References

Polyamorph (talk) 15:11, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

In "number one priority", one is not an adjective; it is "number one" that is an adjective phrase that plays the role of an ordinal numeral (almost a synonym of "first"). I believe (I am not a linguist) that in this phrase, "one" is a noun and "number" is another noun used as a qualifier.

By the way, it seems that the first sentence of the section is wrong as the use of "one" as a cardinal numeral is certainly the most common usage. In any case,it must be mentioned in the article that, linguistically, "one" is a cardinal numeral. D.Lazard (talk) 15:48, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I agree, one as a cardinal number should come first. Cheers Polyamorph (talk) 15:56, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

"As a number" and "Mathematics"

These two sections essential deal with the same thing, the properties of 1 as a number. I plan to merge into a single section "In Mathematics", per WP:WikiProject_Numbers#Template_for_integers. Please let me know if you have any comments before I do this. Polyamorph (talk) 10:34, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Go for it! (just my vote) It looks like math properties are split between the 2 sections, I don't see why they couldn't be merged. Dhrm77 (talk) 15:36, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Principia Mathematica

On March 16, 2007, Dionyziz added (diff) In Principia Mathematica, 1 is defined as the set of all singletons.. It was unsourced at the time and has remained unsourced since, and I don't think this is true, Principia Mathematica doesn't define 1 in terms of sets. Has this been misattributed? Polyamorph (talk) 05:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I have removed this statement for now, once the definition is confirmed here we can incorporate it back into the text.Polyamorph (talk) 09:08, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I agree. Moreover, the assertion and its attribution are certainly both wrong, since the singletons do not form a set, and this was established by the second author of Principia Mathematica (Russell's paradox). D.Lazard (talk) 10:36, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

It's only been sat there, misinforming readers, for 16 years! Polyamorph (talk) 10:42, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Reference for use of uppercase 'J' as a substitute for I

I've asked this question at the language reference desk: WP:Reference_desk/Language#Use_of_capital_"J"_as_a_substitute_for_the_digit_"I". Please feel free to answer there or here. Best wishes Polyamorph (talk) 09:34, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

That discussion resulted in some references - while they do not discuss the use of J as a substitute for I or 1, they are examples of historic use. Since the sentence simply states it is possible to find historic examples, in my opinion this isn't WP:OR. I have added the references to the article.Polyamorph (talk) 14:16, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 December 2023

insert the citation:" in through scholarly works written in Arabic.[citation needed]" Insert: MPBWM (talk) 21:24, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: The provided source is not in Arabic.  Spintendo  22:41, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@Spintendo: the source does not have to be in Arabic, the citation needed relates to the transmission of the numeral via Arabic texts. @MPBWM: the reference you provided is not in English so I've been unable to verify where the relevant information is. Do you have a page number? Or an English language source? Polyamorph (talk) 10:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

References

Smallest Difference?

"Additionally, 1 is the smallest possible difference between two distinct natural numbers." 3-4 = -1

-1<1 2003:CA:E70B:F500:ACDE:4B1D:9525:6ED1 (talk) 15:56, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

You should read between the lines that "1 is the smallest possible absolute difference". i.e. the difference between 3 and 4 is |3-4| = |4-3| = 1. Dhrm77 (talk) 19:02, 18 January 2024 (UTC)