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Is there a greatest positive integer? If so, what is it? If not, why not?

Is there a greatest positive integer? If so, what is it? If not, why not?
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Is there a greatest positive integer? If so, what is it? If not, why not?

User Jeen Broekstra
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there is no greatest positive integer because the positive do not stop
User Malo
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No, there is no 'greatest integer'. That is because positive numbers can go up tp infinite, and we do not know where numbers stop.

However, there is a negative greatest integer because the ones that's closes to zero is -1.
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