Single Idea 14421

[catalogued under 6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / m. One]

Full Idea

The discovery that 1 is a number must have been difficult.

Gist of Idea

Discovering that 1 is a number was difficult

Source

Bertrand Russell (Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy [1919], I)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy' [George Allen and Unwin 1975], p.3

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A Reaction

Interesting that he calls it a 'discovery'. I am tempted to call it a 'decision'.