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Predecessor of 1 in whole number?

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There are different schools of thought on this, but I maintain that whole numbers start with zero.

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There is no whole number without a predecessor. According to Peano's axioms, the number natural 0 has no predecessor.


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If x is a whole number then write predecessor of x?

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