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| Mar14-05, 07:52 PM | #1 |
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1/0 defined
if you recall basic division, what number times 0 equals 1, call it a.
a times 0 equals 0, subrtact and repeat. What number times 0 equals 1, call it b, and repeat the process. a.bcdefg -------- 0|1.00000 0.00000 -------- 1.000000 0.000000 ---------- 1.00000 although, a,b,c,d are arbitrary unkowns since we don't know what number times 0 equals 1. so 1/0 = a*(10^0) + b*(10^-1) + c*(10^-2) + d*(10^-3) and so on. If a,b,c,d..... z take any value, then 1/0 is R (the set of all real numbers) It does not take a single value but all of them at the same time in R. It makes sense, the graph of y = 1/x , at x = 0 we get all the numbers in y-axis at the same time. |
| Mar14-05, 07:59 PM | #2 |
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My threadlock sense is tingling.
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| Mar14-05, 08:09 PM | #3 |
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Eeeeeenooooough!
- Warren |
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