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The New Base Ten

New Theory and Proposal of a new mathematical numbering system which is still "base ten", but, removes a logical error in the Arabic system's use of "0".

Abstract: During the millennial celebration from year 1999 to 2000, most everyone except for one or two news anchors and a few guests said that year "2000" is the ushering in of the first year of the new 3rd millennium. (Just as their "logic" stated year "1000" was the start of the 2nd millennium.) "Well," anchor, Peter Jennings, pointed out, "that is wrong." Jennings had the wisdom (and guts) to point out the fact, some people know, that every number ending in 0 (zero) defines the last number, or end, of the last 10 (ten), or 100, or 1000, (ending in two zeros, three zeros -respectively). It doesn't start the beginning of the next "number series". Example: the two digit, 10 (ten), doesn't start the teen series; the three digit, 100, doesn't start the 2nd hundred series. 11 (eleven) does, and 101 does in these examples. Another example: 1970 is still the last year of the sixties decade. It doesn't start the seventies decade. 1971 does. Therefore, it is proposed not to add a "digit" to a number until the number reaches its proper amount, series, or denomination, if you will. Accordingly, this will redefine the use of zero (or delete it from the ten numeric symbols, and imply recreating a new symbol for the tenth numeric symbol - so as not to get 0 (zero) confused in this new system with the Arabic old system). For instance, (for the time being until a real numeric symbol can be created for usage), let's use the letter "T" for the tenth numeric symbol instead of 0 (zero). The first ten counting numbers would then be: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,T. "Wait a minute," one would say, "what about going or counting from positive integers to the negative numbers? You must pass through zero' first, before 1 goes to -1." Well, since zero is really nothing, it doesn't really define a "number" (defined in this paper as a real amount being positive or negative). To represent that "transitional point" between the entire universe of positive fractional numbers and the negative fractional numbers, I'll let the "non numeric", "zero", be used only once: for the absolute point interface between the positive numeric realm and the negative one. So see, zero or "0" need not really be "used" except to define this once only, exact point transition. For the purpose of definition, here, let's not create

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