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natural number
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natural number
n.
One of the set of positive whole numbers; a positive integer.
natural number
n
(Mathematics) any of the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,… that can be used to count the members of a set; the nonnegative integers
natural number
A positive integer.
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Noun1.natural number - the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly
number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
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He introduces the basic number systems of mathematics: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers.
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By looking at a few examples you can start to see how Gauss's idea works (see right) You can check a few more natural numbers to see how the pattern continues, but you can not check them all
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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] To illustrate his method for obtaining the primes, write down all the natural numbers in rows of six, finishing wherever you like.
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