Re: Garry Denke's Gold & Brass Plates @ Westbury White Horse Eye

From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_aurigae.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:36:31 GMT

In sci.math, Garry Denke
<garrydenke@usa.com>
 wrote
on 6 Jul 2004 02:52:17 -0700
<96f81cbe.0407060152.1896e7b5@posting.google.com>:
> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@aurigae.athghost7038suus.net> wrote in message news:<m1cor1-ffp.ln1@lexi2.athghost7038suus.net>...
>> In sci.logic, Garry Denke
>> <garrydenke@usa.com>
>> wrote
>> on 5 Jul 2004 03:11:28 -0700
>> <96f81cbe.0407050211.287338a6@posting.google.com>:
>> > Hello to The Ghost In The Machine,
>> >
>> > If the number d equals the number 0 , and the number + equals the
>> > number 0 , then the number - equals the number 0 , under your logic,
>> > and still, d / d makes no sense, and 0 / 0 makes no sense. So what we
>> > need is a consistent set of rules for the three numbers...
>>
>> 0/0 never did make sense. Neither does d = + or -d = -.
>
> Therein the reason we need the number 0 rule, and the number - rule,
> and the number + rule.

Only if we have all three numbers. Since 0 = + and 0 = -, there's
no real need for the other two.

[snip for brevity]

>> > Any ideas?
>>
>> Yes. Equate d = 0 and be done with it. This also means, of course,
>> that 0.999... = 1 - d = 1 = 1.000... , which makes most
>> number-theoreticians happy. :-)
>
> Pretend the 4th fireworks don't exist?
>
> 4a) 0 / 0 = 0
> 4b) 0 / 0 = 1
> 4c) 0 / 0 = (the Straight line above)
>
> Is The Ghost In The Machine serious?

4d) 0 / 0 = undefined/error/incorrect arithmetical op/exception

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