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any positive integer Example: "1, 2, 3, 4..."
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Any of the standard counting numbers; a positive integer.
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the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly
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a non-negative integer
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a number that comes naturally
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a number that occurs commonly and obviously in nature, a whole, non-negative number
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a number from the set of numbers {1, 2, 3, 4,…}.  The natural numbers are the positive integers.
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The natural numbers (also called counting numbers) are the positive whole numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... . Mathematicians usually include the number zero with the natural numbers.
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A counting number; 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
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A counting number; a positive integer.
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Positive integers (1, 2, 3, 4. . . .)
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In mathematics, a natural number can mean either an element of the set , , , ...} (i.e the positive integers) or an element of the set , , , , ...} (i.e. the non-negative integers). The former is generally used in number theory, while the latter is preferred in mathematical logic, set theory and computer science. See below for a formal definition.
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