Subject: Re: [HM] A question around zero
From: Hassane Squalli (hsqualli@fse.ulaval.ca)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 19:51:16 EST
In a message dated 01/20/2000 3:42:05 PM, Ed Wall writes:
> the topic of the evenness or oddness of zero came up.
May this can help:
If we suppose that, a number $m$ is said odd if and only if m = 2n + 1,
$n$ integer; and $m$ is said even if and only if m = 2n, $n$ integer;
then it is clear that zero is even.
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