Is zero discrete?

lavinia · May 7, 2015

jedishrfu said:

Natural numbers are known as discrete numbers since they are a countable set. Zero is a member of the natural numbers, hence zero is discrete.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number

A countable set need not have the discrete topology.

jedishrfu · May 7, 2015

I think that this thread has run its course and suggest we close it.

Mark44 · May 8, 2015

I agree. The OP's question has been asked and answered.

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