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Spiritual Warrior Started conversation Jul 31, 2000
Hi Joanna,
May be nice to stick some history in to add context to the article. You know, sort of a time-line as to when the different number systems (natural and integers) were first used. IIRC the natural numbers (sans zero) were used for quite some time before zero was discovered, and that it wasn't until middle ages until negatives were introduced.
But I could be wrong! 
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Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Jul 31, 2000
Hey Joanna 
Like the article, I will try and put a timeline in for the Introduction to Numbers article.
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J'au-æmne Posted Jul 31, 2000
Cool does that mean I needn't? btw the sequel, rational numbers is here: http://www.h2g2.com/A405505
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Martin Harper Posted Oct 13, 2000
Hmm - I thought that integers could be negative, but natural numbers couldn't - which isn't quite how it appears in the entry...
Or I'm wrong 
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