Re: Is zero even or odd?
From: John Woodgate (jmw_at_jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk)
Date: 12/20/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:48:23 +0000
I read in sci.electronics.design that Nicholas O. Lindan <see@sig.com>
wrote (in <PjCxd.4752$yK.1793@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>) about
'Is zero even or odd?', on Mon, 20 Dec 2004:
>"John Sefton" <john@petcom.com> wrote
>
>> 0 can't be divided by itself,
>
>Sure it can: 0 / 0 = 0 * (1 / 0) = 0 * infinity = 1
One possible solution, given the enormous lack of rigour in 'infinity'.
But in general, 0/0 can take any value. Consider:
Lim {@->0}[(2377.pi.sin@)/@] = 2377.pi
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