[NBLUG/talk] OT division by zero OT

Steve Zimmerman stevetux at sonic.net
Sat May 31 08:49:00 PDT 2003


There's nothing wrong at all with the multitude of
mathematical conventions that have been passed along
through textbooks and courses.  Those conventions are
necessary and helpful, including the "Division-by-zero-is-
undefined" one.  

However, there is such a thing as the "perceptual primitive,"
which I have explained elsewhere, and I find every argument
that "Division by zero is undefined" to be in violation of
the perceptual primitive.   Discussion adjourned.  *gavel sound*
-- 
Steve Zimmerman



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