Talk:God Created the Integers
Latest comment: 10 years ago by 217.226.65.111 in topic Principle plura
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Whole numbers
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editIsnt it more accurate to say that "God made the whole numbers...", and not the integers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.199.186 (talk) 21:36, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
- The expression "whole numbers" is a translation of the latin term "integer", meaning untouched, which is the formal and most accurate way of denoting the natural numbers and their negatives. 5.254.138.27 (talk) 11:13, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
As a matter of fact, it should be "God created the primes" as the integers follow out of them. Chrisdecorte (talk) 18:46, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
Principle plura
editIn the introduction to God Created the Integers, Hawking uses the expression principle plura when he refers to the importance of mathematical rigour as recognized by the Greeks. I have no clue what that expression may mean. A Google web search wasn't helpful. What does it mean? Where does it come from? --217.226.65.111 (talk) 11:31, 17 October 2014 (UTC)