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:::"Whole numbers", to me, includes 0 so I don't think that works that way. Is "whole numbers" an official mathematical set like "natural numbers"? Maybe say "split in to two positive parts"? --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 16:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
::::There isn't a consensus on the definition of a whole number, natural numbers, or counting number (especially in grammer/grade/highschool/secondary school texts). See the links for "Mathworld" http://mathworld.wolfram.com/WholeNumber.html, http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NaturalNumber.html, http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CountingNumber.html, all those seem to prefer defintions based on integers (positive integers, nonnegative integers, negative intergers, ∙∙∙ --[[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:
:::Generally zero is not considered to be a whole number, but there are people who would disagree. We could use the term "integers greater than or equal to one" --[[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 19:40, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
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