Re: The reciprocal of zero isn't even infinity.

On 10 Nov 2005 23:29:38 -0800, Starbles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>If it was, then zero would be infinitesimal, since 1/omega = epsilon,
>but epsilon != 0. Also, +0 = -0, but +infinity != -infinity. Therefore,
>1/0 is undefined.

Uh, thanks for sharing that, but most of us have known for a long
time that 1/0 is undefined.

>For a similar discussion, go see my post in sci.math. It's more wordy,
>but that's because after I posted it, I realized I could be much more
>concise. :P


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