Number

Number [OSW21f56795ee724858b57111cfaa59c1a8]
ID	OSW21f56795ee724858b57111cfaa59c1a8
UUID	21f56795-ee72-4858-b571-11cfaa59c1a8
Label	Number
Machine compatible name	Number
Statements (outgoing)

Statements (incoming)

Description

A numerical data value.

Item
Type(s)/Category(s)	EmmoTerm

Term

EmmoTerm
Comment	A number individual provides the link between the ontology and the actual data, through the data property hasNumericalValue. [en] A number is actually a string (e.g. 1.4, 1e-8) of numerical digits and other symbols. However, in order not to increase complexity of the taxonomy and relations, here we take a number as an "atomic" object, without decomposit it in digits (i.e. we do not include digits in the EMMO as alphabet for numbers). [en] In math usually number and numeral are distinct concepts, the numeral being the symbol or a composition of symbols (e.g. 3.14, 010010, three) and the number is the idea behind it. More than one numeral stands for the same number. In the EMMO abstract entities do not exists, and numbers are simply defined by other numerals, so that a number is the class of all the numerals that are equivalent (e.g. 3 and 0011 are numerals that stands for the same number). Or alternatively, an integer numeral may also stands for a set of a specific cardinality (e.g. 3 stands for a set of three apples). Rational and real numbers are simply a syntactic arrangment of integers (digits, in decimal system). The fact that you can't give a name to a number without using a numeral or, in case of positive integers, without referring to a real world objects set with specific cardinality, suggests that the abstract concept of number is not a concept that can be practically used. For these reasons, the EMMO will consider numerals and numbers as the same concept. [en]
Superclass	Numerical MathematicalSymbol
Alternative label	Numeral [en]
URI	http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_21f56795_ee72_4858_b571_11cfaa59c1a8

jsondata

uuid

"21f56795-ee72-4858-b571-11cfaa59c1a8"

name

"Number"

label

text	"Number"
lang	"en"

description

text	"A numerical data value."
lang	"en"

type

"Category:OSW57beed5e1294434ba77bb6516e461456"

uri

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_21f56795_ee72_4858_b571_11cfaa59c1a8"

altLabel

text	"Numeral"
lang	"en"

comment

text	"A number individual provides the link between the ontology and the actual data, through the data property hasNumericalValue."
lang	"en"

text	"A number is actually a string (e.g. 1.4, 1e-8) of numerical digits and other symbols. However, in order not to increase complexity of the taxonomy and relations, here we take a number as an "atomic" object, without decomposit it in digits (i.e. we do not include digits in the EMMO as alphabet for numbers)."
lang	"en"

text

"In math usually number and numeral are distinct concepts, the numeral being the symbol or a composition of symbols (e.g. 3.14, 010010, three) and the number is the idea behind it. More than one numeral stands for the same number. In the EMMO abstract entities do not exists, and numbers are simply defined by other numerals, so that a number is the class of all the numerals that are equivalent (e.g. 3 and 0011 are numerals that stands for the same number). Or alternatively, an integer numeral may also stands for a set of a specific cardinality (e.g. 3 stands for a set of three apples). Rational and real numbers are simply a syntactic arrangment of integers (digits, in decimal system). The fact that you can't give a name to a number without using a numeral or, in case of positive integers, without referring to a real world objects set with specific cardinality, suggests that the abstract concept of number is not a concept that can be practically used. For these reasons, the EMMO will consider numerals and numbers as the same concept."

lang

"en"

subClassOf

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_4ce76d7f_03f8_45b6_9003_90052a79bfaa"

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_5be83f9c_a4ba_4b9a_be1a_5bfc6e891231"

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