How about "from-zero"?
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:33:03 -0500 (EST) From: John Conway <conway@Math.Princeton.EDU> X-BeenThere: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> List-Id: math-fun <math-fun.mailman.xmission.com> List-Help: <mailto:math-fun-request@mailman.xmission.com?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun>, <mailto:math-fun-request@mailman.xmission.com?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/math-fun> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun>, <mailto:math-fun-request@mailman.xmission.com?subject=unsubscribe> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-csdcf (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on cs3.Stanford.EDU X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=7.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60-csdcf
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Richard Guy wrote:
Perhaps `Peano number' ??? R.
No, because I want to use it also for non-negative reals, etc.
Something abbreviating "at-least-zero" is what I mean.
Actually, if we could just get "at-least" down to one short enough word, that would be good enough, since we could say "[word]-zero".
You might also like to think along the lines of "zero-or-more".
Newly-invented words like "zops and zons" are wonderful in theory, but will never catch on.
JHC
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