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# What Does It Mean to Be a Number? (The Peano Axioms)
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/infinite-series/episode/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-number-the-peano-axioms-pn617j/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:35:50.000Z
- Description: Could you explain numbers to someone without using the notion of a number?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Infinite Series, Season 2, Episode 11, #ZZZ_Episode_6e6c0130-25c5-4a5e-bdd7-faaaccabeb47, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_0efdefa6-fb6f-44e5-96f1-baf9a8c090e2, #geo-us, #v1.16

If you needed to tell someone what numbers are and how they work, without using the notion of number in your answer, could you do it?