On Feb 26, 5:26 am, Ralf Hemmecke <r...@hemmecke.de> wrote:
> > Please vote for your favorite names:
> > - NaturalNumbers
> > - Naturals
> > - NaturalIntegers
> > - NonNegativeIntegers
> > /
> > - PositiveNaturals
> > - PositiveIntegers
>
> If I'd have a say... then I would choose NonNegativeInteger and
> PositiveIntegers, because nobody agrees on whether or not 0 is a natural
> number. So with NNI and PI one would avoid that confusion.
+1
In Dortmund there is a regularly given class about non-negative
matrices and way back as a beginning student in math this seemed like
an odd title to me until I thought about it for a second. There is no
ambiguity there, so that is a good thing.
> Ralf
Cheers,
Michael
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