The Veritable Number System
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | The Veritable Number System |
| Author(s) | David de Hilster |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2018-12-08 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | mathematics, negative numbers |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"The Veritable Number System" is an article by David de Hilster published on 8 December 2018 on Beyond Mainstream.
De Hilster argues that the real number system has two well-known holes — division by zero and the square root of a negative — and a deeper problem besides: negative numbers have no counterpart in the physical universe, being an artefact of our mathematics rather than of nature. He presents the alternative developed by the mathematician Peter Erickson, the Veritable Number System, as closing those gaps.