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CHIKKN NI A BAAZZKIT!!! 80's Cheerilee is best pony Level: 138 Posts: 1475/5344 EXP: 30963727 Next: 699254 Since: 02-20-07 From: The Netherlands Last post: 4506 days Last view: 2641 days |
I understand it depends on your field. In computer science, the answer is Not A Number and/or raises errors so that's a "you can't do that". In other fields like advanced mathematics, it would be infinity.
Ah yes, Wikipedia agrees. ____________________ Wife make lunch - Shampoo Opera - give it a spin Spare some of your free time? <GreyMaria> I walked around the Lake so many goddamn times that my sex drive was brutally murdered Kawa rocks — byuu |
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Kawa |
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CHIKKN NI A BAAZZKIT!!! 80's Cheerilee is best pony Level: 138 Posts: 1476/5344 EXP: 30963727 Next: 699254 Since: 02-20-07 From: The Netherlands Last post: 4506 days Last view: 2641 days |
As good a conclusion as any I'd guess. ____________________ Wife make lunch - Shampoo Opera - give it a spin Spare some of your free time? <GreyMaria> I walked around the Lake so many goddamn times that my sex drive was brutally murdered Kawa rocks — byuu |
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RT-55J |
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Armor Guardian Level: 81 Posts: 886/1562 EXP: 4892181 Next: 100668 Since: 02-23-07 From: Wild Side Arcade Last post: 321 days Last view: 62 days |
I think I lost a few IQ points from reading that piece of "journalism."
Fortunately, I regained said points after reading the relevant Wikipedia article. |
blackhole89 |
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The Guardian Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Level: 124 Posts: 2167/4196 EXP: 21546061 Next: 290540 Since: 02-19-07 From: Ithaca, NY, US Last post: 479 days Last view: 91 days |
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Trax |
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Yellow Stalfos Level: 71 Posts: 692/1145 EXP: 3037686 Next: 129428 Since: 07-06-07 From: Québec Last post: 3634 days Last view: 2886 days |
My opinion on that matter is that the idea of dividing by zero makes the operation not a division anymore, so I would say the answer cannot possibly be infinity. If you divide by zero, you don't really divide. For example, you have, say, a pie in front of you. You have to divide by zero so you do... nothing. This way there is no answer because no operation was made... |
RT-55J |
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Armor Guardian Level: 81 Posts: 887/1562 EXP: 4892181 Next: 100668 Since: 02-23-07 From: Wild Side Arcade Last post: 321 days Last view: 62 days |
Posted by Trax Let's take that same pie and divide it by one. To divide it by one, you do nothing. However, even though "no operation" was made there was an answer. Ergo, you have no idea what you are talking about. |
Trax |
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Yellow Stalfos Level: 71 Posts: 695/1145 EXP: 3037686 Next: 129428 Since: 07-06-07 From: Québec Last post: 3634 days Last view: 2886 days |
Ergo, calmos, it's just rambling on a theoretical problem...
When you divide by one, you take the entire pie with you, and you eat it... There is an operation... Dammit, RT-55J, we were comfortable and you throw vinegar in the pot again... |
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RT-55J |
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Armor Guardian Level: 81 Posts: 888/1562 EXP: 4892181 Next: 100668 Since: 02-23-07 From: Wild Side Arcade Last post: 321 days Last view: 62 days |
@ Komaru: EDIT: Wait. What the heck? Posted by Trax Eating the pie would effectively be equivalent to dividing it by infinity (or rather, an absurdly huge number). Also, here's some food for thought: how exactly would you divide a pie by .5? |
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Bukkarooo |
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Fuzzy Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins... Level: 59 Posts: 50/778 EXP: 1635472 Next: 37656 Since: 10-15-08 From: Florida Last post: 5191 days Last view: 4959 days |
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Hats Steam Board2 group Level: 121 Posts: 3184/3965 EXP: 19791163 Next: 265533 Since: 02-19-07 From: Sweden, Skåne Last post: 3309 days Last view: 2060 days |
Posted by BukkaroooIn other words, ∞ = 42 or some other random number chosen by a fair dice roll! Defiantly makes math problems so much easier!! ____________________ AIM: gamefreak1337, MSN: Emil_sim@spray.se, XMPP: ailure@xmpp.kafuka.org
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CHIKKN NI A BAAZZKIT!!! 80's Cheerilee is best pony Level: 138 Posts: 1477/5344 EXP: 30963727 Next: 699254 Since: 02-20-07 From: The Netherlands Last post: 4506 days Last view: 2641 days |
Posted by AilureThat'd be four. ____________________ Wife make lunch - Shampoo Opera - give it a spin Spare some of your free time? <GreyMaria> I walked around the Lake so many goddamn times that my sex drive was brutally murdered Kawa rocks — byuu |
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Posted by Bukkarooo I am currently resisting the urge to punch your face in. ____________________ "That's your 'ultimate attack'? You're going to drop a *BLEEP*ing asteroid on me? ARE YOU *BLEEP*ING INSANE?! THAT THING IS GOING TO KILL US ALL!" - Bob, Bob and George "Welcome to NERV; God's in his Heaven because He's scared of our superior firepower." - Dr. Yui Ikari, Neon Genisis Evangelion: Nobody Dies (Chapter 5) |
RT-55J |
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Armor Guardian Level: 81 Posts: 889/1562 EXP: 4892181 Next: 100668 Since: 02-23-07 From: Wild Side Arcade Last post: 321 days Last view: 62 days |
Posted by blackhole89 I overestimated his intelligence and somehow missed the fact that he was trying to prove that multiplication and division by zero were equivalent. Forgive me, master. Posted by blackhole89 I thought that it was undefined. Or does that depend on the branch of mathematics? |
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Super Koopa Level: 62 Posts: 588/842 EXP: 1936688 Next: 47998 Since: 02-19-07 From: durff Last post: 4496 days Last view: 4019 days |
*massive facepalm*
when we speak of "infinite times zero is still zero" we mean limits of sequences and such times zero will still approach zero. Infinity is not the kind of number you can just toss around and multiply and add with. It's not a member of the real numbers. There is the definition of the "extended real numbers" which basically is the normal Reals and throws in positive and negative infinity on either end. But this definition is only used to make certain range ex ____________________ Zelda Hacking Forum hobbies: delectatio morosa |
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