Re: VOTE on whether 1/oo = 0

From: G. A. Edgar (edgar_at_math.ohio-state.edu.invalid)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:19:47 -0400

In article <JPWIc.226$hs7.156@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>,
Adam <addam@rogers.com> wrote:

> 1/oo = 0 in inversive geometry.
>

1/infinity=0

There are number systems, say the Riemann sphere, where it is true.
There are other systems, say the real numbers, where it is not.
So unless you say what system you mean, the question has no good answer. 

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