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Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:06:47 2012 No.5137688 [DELETED]

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>mfw someone in my upper-level math course asks if zero is actually considered even

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:07:01 2012 No.5137695 File: 22 KB, 277x277, 1327979690159.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5137691

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:07:16 2012 No.5137691 is it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:09:01 2012 No.5137700 It's arbitrary definitions, and unless you're familiar with the subtle implications involved in the set of contexts in which the property-symbol "even" is used, it doesn't matter what you think about the issue.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:10:01 2012 No.5137705 >>5137695 answer the question, bro

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:11:01 2012 No.5137710 even what?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:12:17 2012 No.5137712 Why didn't you even look this up on Wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_of_zero

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 9 22:12:46 2012 No.5137713 >>5137700 bullshit n is even if it is divisible by 2 the only reason you would ever not think of zero as even is if you never actually think about definitions and are scared of zero for whatever reason