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


David C. Ullrich wrote:
> 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.
>
You're welcome. However, I think that a lot of people make the misake
of thinking that 1/0 = infinity. That's because in calculus, lim x->0+
1/x = infinity. Which when I think about it, only means that 1/x
increases without bound, it doesn't mean it actually reaches some
number, such as infinity.

Either you have made the mistake of overestimating the people here, or
I have made the mistake of underestimating the people here.

> >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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> David C. Ullrich

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