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Re: Help with confirmation on a small bit of assembly?
Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> To: Tristan Mumford
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:23:09 +1100, "Tristan Mumford"
> <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom> wrote:
>
>>I don't see the problem with using division by 0 in things. I recall
>>needing to do it in subjects such as linear algebra and calculus at
>>university. I always got a kick out of dealing with "big infinity" and
>>"little infinity though".
>
> The problem with division by zero is that anything divided by zero is
> undefined.
It depends on the mathematical discipline. Unfortunately we used it an awful
lot. What got me was 0 / 0 = the set of all numbers. Sorry. I can't
remember the mathematical symbols. I despised calculus and linear algebra.
There were some interesting bits though.
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