The real number system is a mathematical field. To start with, the Real number system is a Group. This means that it is a set of elements (numbers) with a binary operation (addition) that combines any two elements in the set to form a third element which is also in the set. The Group satisfies four axioms: closure, associativity, identity and invertibility. In addition, it is a Ring. A ring is an Abelian group (that is, addition is commutative) and it has a second binary operation (multiplication) that is defined on its elements. This second operation is distributive over the first. And finally, a Field is a Ring over which division - by non-zero numbers - is defined. The algebraic structures (Group, Ring, Field) are more than a term's worth of studying. There are also several mathematical terms above which have been left undefined to keep the answer to a manageable size. You can find out more about them using Wikipedia but be sure to select the hit that has "mathematical" in it!
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Because the first whole number, as defined by Peano's axioms for number is zero.
The five axioms, or postulates proposed by Peano are for the set of natural numbers: not real numbers. They are:Zero is a natural number.Every natural number has a successor in the natural numbers.Zero is not the successor of any natural number.If the successor of two natural numbers is the same, then the two original numbers are the same.If a set contains zero and the successor of every number is in the set, then the set contains the natural numbers.
No, they are not the same. Axioms cannot be proved, most properties can.
They are called axioms, not surprisingly!
Axioms cannot be proved.