What exactly is 0\0?
I figured out that there are three possible answers:
0: Because 0 divided by anything is 0.
1: Because anything divided by itself is 1.
Undefined: Because anything divided by 0 is undefined.
Just something I thought up one day during math class. It's been bothering the heck out of me. :-\
Quote from: Shujinco on April 07, 2008, 11:13:28 AM
What exactly is 0\0?
I figured out that there are three possible answers:
0: Because 0 divided by anything is 0.
1: Because anything divided by itself is 1.
Undefined: Because anything divided by 0 is undefined.
Just something I thought up one day during math class. It's been bothering the heck out of me. :-\
I'd go for undefined, it's what my math books all go for. 6/0 = Undefined...
Undefined.
Even if it is 0/0, it can't equal 1 because anything divided by 0 is undefined.
It's undefined. Not even zero can be divided by zero. Nothing can with a real answer. Pretty basic.
The explanation as to why it's undefined is tricky business, and has never been thoroughly defined beyond "it's undefined."
Have fun with this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on April 07, 2008, 11:22:48 AM
It's undefined. Not even zero can be divided by zero. Nothing can with a real answer. Pretty basic.
The explanation as to why it's undefined is tricky business, and has never been thoroughly defined beyond "it's undefined."
Have fun with this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero
Nothing says "I DESPERATELY NEED A LIFE" more than a Wikipedia article pertaining to math.
It's undefined/no solution. Anything divided by 0 is just no solution.
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on April 07, 2008, 11:27:03 AM
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on April 07, 2008, 11:22:48 AM
It's undefined. Not even zero can be divided by zero. Nothing can with a real answer. Pretty basic.
The explanation as to why it's undefined is tricky business, and has never been thoroughly defined beyond "it's undefined."
Have fun with this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero
Nothing says "I DESPERATELY NEED A LIFE" more than a Wikipedia article pertaining to math.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9-Lindstedt_method
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on April 07, 2008, 11:34:13 AM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on April 07, 2008, 11:27:03 AM
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on April 07, 2008, 11:22:48 AM
It's undefined. Not even zero can be divided by zero. Nothing can with a real answer. Pretty basic.
The explanation as to why it's undefined is tricky business, and has never been thoroughly defined beyond "it's undefined."
Have fun with this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero
Nothing says "I DESPERATELY NEED A LIFE" more than a Wikipedia article pertaining to math.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9-Lindstedt_method
"In perturbation theory,"
I stopped reading after the second word, because it doesn't make sense.
No solution
Well, that's what my math teacher said.
HOWEVER, when something is "undefined", when you graph it, it has no Y intercept. HOWEVER, 0 IS the y Intercept, and therefor, it SHOULDN'T be undifined because it DOES in fact touch the Y intercept.
Then again, it IS divided by Zero. :-\
Gah, this is confusing. :-\
You cannot divide by zero.
At all.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 07, 2008, 01:37:46 PM
You cannot divide by zero.
At all.
well you can, but you're just going to get undefined.
Considering that if you divide by zero you doom humanity, I would say undefined.
Quote from: Shujinco on April 07, 2008, 01:36:15 PM
Well, that's what my math teacher said.
HOWEVER, when something is "undefined", when you graph it, it has no Y intercept. HOWEVER, 0 IS the y Intercept, and therefor, it SHOULDN'T be undifined because it DOES in fact touch the Y intercept.
Then again, it IS divided by Zero. :-\
Gah, this is confusing. :-\
There's a hole in the point.
Quote from: JMV290 on April 07, 2008, 03:12:11 PM
Quote from: Shujinco on April 07, 2008, 01:36:15 PM
Well, that's what my math teacher said.
HOWEVER, when something is "undefined", when you graph it, it has no Y intercept. HOWEVER, 0 IS the y Intercept, and therefor, it SHOULDN'T be undifined because it DOES in fact touch the Y intercept.
Then again, it IS divided by Zero. :-\
Gah, this is confusing. :-\
There's a hole in the point.
yeah, and since every point on the line is on the y-axis, there are holes at every point, making the line nonexistant.
Graphically this doesn't make much sense unless you back it up with the math.
depends. is 0 ever slightly more or ever slightly less than 0?
if it's just 0, it's undefined. if it's slightly more, it's infinity, and if it's slightly less, it's negative infinity.