My contention is that 'natural number' is a cultural construct, differently formulated in different societies. I argue that the categories adopted by mature language users become evident when one ...

There are many different types of numbers, some of which you may remember from school: natural, rational, irrational, imaginary, calculable and incalculable numbers. Today, however, we are going to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The work described in this article was based on a historical perspective in order to analyze the extension of the natural-number domain to the ...