Why can't we divide by zero?

Re:Why can't we divide by zero? by etal on Sunday September 28, 2008 @07:51PM (#317924)

There was a professor who tried to get around this a couple years ago by defining a special value called "nullity."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderson_%28computer_scie...

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Re:Why can't we divide by zero? by orib on Sunday September 28, 2008 @10:04PM (#318009)

Which, when you look at it, is just another name for "undefined". It didn't solve anything, and seemed to me like a bad troll on the mathematical community.

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Re:Why can't we divide by zero? by etal on Sunday September 28, 2008 @11:29PM (#318071)

Indeed. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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