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You always need to start with something when doing math, most people use a set of axioms known as Peano axioms. The 5th one says 0 is a natural number. These axioms are the basis of math as we now know it. They are the things we assume to be true.
Answer 2: Prove existence of zero
Suppose, to the contrary that zero does not exist. Further suppose that a=b.
Then:
ab = b^2
a^2 - ab = a^2 - b^2
a( a - b ) = (a+b)(a-b). Now, since we supposed that zero does not
exist, (a-b) must be equal to some number
other than zero. Therefore,
a = (a+b) (We divide both sides by a-b, which, by
supposition, is a non-zero number).
a = (a+a) (a=b, We supposed that a=b is a given)
1a = 2a
1 = 2. We have 1=2, an obvious contradiction,
therefore, zero does exist.
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