[NBLUG/talk] The Romans' ban on zero

[Scott Doty]

On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 11:52:21AM -0700, augie wrote:
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> Eric Eisenhart wrote:
> >>So 1/0 = infinity.
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> > Hence, n/0 = undefined.  It's not 0.  It's not n.  It's not 1.  It's
> > not infinity.
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> yah. infinity is not a number so a better way to say the above would be:
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> as n approaches 0 the function 1/n approaches infinity.

The limit of 1/x as x approaches 0 is...er...unlimited.

 -Scott
p.s. sorry Jenn ;)