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# anything divided by 0 is technically infinity isn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:42, archived)
# no, it's technically undefined
but the limit of x/n as n tends to zero is a definition of infinity


/irritating pedantic nerd blog
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:45, archived)
# I like your irritating pedantic nerdiness

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:47, archived)
# good
because there's more where that came from
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:48, archived)
# my calc says the result is "Warning: Division by Zero"

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:45, archived)
# I have that album.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:46, archived)
# along with
ε<0?
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:49, archived)
# There were only a couple of good tracks on that one :(
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:54, archived)
# Depends what division means.
If x/y means distributing x into y groups and measuring the size of a group, then x/0 means distributing x into zero groups, in other words doing nothing, so the answer could be zero. If x/y means counting how many times you can subtract y from x, the answer is infinity.
Edit: also, if 50/0 = infinity, infinity * 0 = 50 ... or any other number.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:49, archived)
# Division (horticulture): a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:52, archived)
# your first case
would result in "undefined". doing nothing isn't the same as having a well-defined answer of zero.

edit: and since infinity isn't actually a number your second point is not true
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 16:53, archived)