/sci/ - What is a number?

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-19 22:09

Seems like a simple question...

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-19 22:43

a unit

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-19 23:10

A miserable pile of digits.

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-20 0:16

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Name: Anonymous 2006-12-20 1:43

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no need to be open about it , we all know you are obsessed with penises

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-20 12:28

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dumb /sci/ posters are duuuuumb

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-20 17:30

the a priori concept of 1 amount as determinned by counting and fractions

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-20 18:42

its a unit of measurement the amount of things

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-22 1:43

a UNIT is the correct answer, you dont need to add anything else to the statement

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-22 18:25

A number is what I stick up my ass when masturbating

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-23 7:29

A number is not a unit... A number represents quantity or amount in some particular unit, whether it be a real unit (meters, seconds, dollars) or arbitrary units, as in mathematics.

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-23 9:40 (sage)

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PERHAPS THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF ALL POSTERS

Name: Peano 2006-12-23 14:09

Shitheads...

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-31 17:59

...that's actualy a really good question.

A number is a value, or degree of magnitude.
I would say "Degree of magnitude" since it is relavent to vectors and units and other such things.

What is a number?

1 Name: Anonymous 2006-12-19 22:09

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12 Name: Anonymous 2006-12-23 9:40 (sage)

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