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To: Ingtar; vrwc1

Dividing by 0 yields a contradiction. Remember that any number divided by itself is 1. Now, 0 can be the numerator of a rational number - which of course designates 0. If 0 can also be the denominator, then 0/0 must = 1. In a sense we would be saying that nothing equals something, which is only true in government. I suspect that there is a whole lot more to the mathematics than is revealed in the story.


74 posted on 12/08/2006 12:57:27 PM PST by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: achilles2000

I don't think there's much to the "mathematics" of renamed infinity (nullity) at all. If you hit the link to the story and watch the video of the guy explaining it, he is clearly a doofus, and his "proof" is nonsensical.


98 posted on 12/08/2006 1:07:45 PM PST by vrwc1
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To: achilles2000
In a sense we would be saying that nothing equals something, which is only true in government.

LOL

147 posted on 12/08/2006 1:36:11 PM PST by vox humana
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