Is Zero a Natural Number?
History and Overview
2011-02-03 v1
Abstract
It is argued that zero should be considered as a cardinal number but not an ordinal number. One should make a clear distinction between order types that are labels for well-ordered sets and ordinal numbers that are labels for the elements in these sets.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1102.0418,
title = {Is Zero a Natural Number?},
author = {Peter Harremoës},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0418},
year = {2011}
}