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[โ€“] kogasa@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Ehh, among American academic mathematicians, including 0 is the fringe position. It's not a "debate," it's just a different convention. There are numerous ISO standards which would be highly unusual in American academia.

FWIW I was taught that the inclusion of 0 is a French tradition.

[โ€“] xkforce@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

The US is one of 3 countries on the planet that still stubbornly primarily uses imperial units. "The US doesn't do it that way" isn't a great argument for not adopting a standard.