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Integer
Number in {..., –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, ...}An integer is the number zero (0), a positive natural number, or the negation of a positive natural number. The negations or additive inverses of the positive natural numbers are referred to as negative integers. The set of all integers is often denoted by the boldface Z or blackboard bold .
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AI Generated- 1765Leonhard Euler in his Elements of Algebra defined integers to include both positive and negative numbers.
- 1947The earliest known use of the integer notation in a textbook occurs in Algèbre written by the collective Nicolas Bourbaki.
- 1950sThe whole numbers were synonymous with the integers up until the early 1950s.