What would the phisical equivilant of dividing something by zero be?
And no, no "I divided by zero" pics. I want the REAL answer!
I always thought of it with the examples they game you in Elementary school. Giving out 12 cookies to no kids. Toss them on tha floor!
Otherwise in all honesty, it makes my brain hurt trying to think of an actual explanation.
Quote from: Lotos on April 11, 2008, 01:23:54 PM
I always thought of it with the examples they game you in Elementary school. Giving out 12 cookies to no kids. Toss them on tha floor!
Otherwise in all honesty, it makes my brain hurt trying to think of an actual explanation.
Well, i figured that it would cause a wrinkle in space, creating a mass that really isn't a mass, because there is no space in the parimeter, but still existing due to the fact that it existed before...... I think. :-\
Let me put it this way: If you divide a cube foot by zero, the affected area is still 1 cube foot, but within the cube foot, nothing, not even space, exists.
I don't know, it's just a theory.
A very confusing and inaccurate theory.
Dividing by Zero is impossible in normal everyday math.
It is possible in some variation of math, and in computer programming.
But dividing by zero cannot be shown physically.
And it really wouldn't create a vacuum, IMO.
You can't model something if it cannot exist.
If you divide by nothing, then there's nothing divided since there is nothing to divide by, correct?
Quote from: Blaziken on April 11, 2008, 02:11:51 PM
If you divide by nothing, then there's nothing divided since there is nothing to divide by, correct?
That's what I've always thought.
Follow Blazikens theory, because that's accurate! ;D
In my opinion, I just think that if you divide 0 by 0, nothing is being divided by nothing, therefore if nothing isn't being divided, there is no space and nothing can exist in that space, eventually causing a rift in space and time, ultimately destroying the universe. Neat, huh? Or just say:
0/0=A black hole.
Quote from: Blaziken on April 11, 2008, 02:11:51 PM
If you divide by nothing, then there's nothing divided since there is nothing to divide by, correct?
But that kind of refers to the answer being 0, although it was pretty close.
Hence, undefined.
It's what's missing in 0's hole. No one has a name for it, nor a definition.
Therefore, undefined.
Quote from: Olimar on April 12, 2008, 03:42:39 PM
It's what's missing in 0's hole. No one has a name for it, nor a definition.
Therefore, undefined.
Undefined, unrefined, unsolved, unfilled. 4 things off the top of my head.
I'm sure you are going to get an accurate answer here.
Quote from: britneymahboy on April 12, 2008, 04:22:55 PM
I'm sure you are going to get an accurate answer here.
::)
This board is full of accurate answers. >_>
Since the inverse of a smaller and smaller number is larger and larger, and 0 is technically impossible on an inverse relationship, the equivalent would be...infinity I guess. So something infinite. Like...the number of curves you can draw in the universe.
Nothing or infinity