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12-07-2006, 11:29
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/conte..._feature.shtml
what do you people make of this? to me this kinda reminds me of harald eia (som engelsk språkforsker/as the english linguist). in other words for those who are not norwegian or dont know harald eia.... it sounds like a butt load of crap  am i missing something here? "lets solve the problem of nothing with the number of everything (including nothing)"  |
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12-07-2006, 12:24
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Its simple
x / 0 = infinity -x / 0 = -infinity 0 / x = 0 but 0 / 0 = nullity according to this guy  Personally I would guess there is nothing to devide in the first place. 0 / x is always 0 So why isnt this 0 but nullity?*edit* At work they are telling me 0 /x is not 0.. But what is it then? They dare defy me, but cant disagree with my view but cannot explain their one bit... Last edited by Squee; 12-07-2006 at 12:32. |
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12-07-2006, 12:49
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Im speechless
 .This scientist/teacher is plain stupid. I'm speechless. As a programmer (x/0) were (0/0) is just an subpart have allways worked with Nullity, as NaN, which stands for Not a Number. Nullity was'nt invented reasontly  . Perhaps it was just BBC's need to invent some news. News media's have a tendency to screw up the truth. Just read all those messages.  Last edited by Nutarix; 12-07-2006 at 12:50. Reason: hiccup |
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12-07-2006, 13:00
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ill quote eddie murphy: "No, don't say 'nothing'. Eddie. Nothing from nothing leaves nothing"
x / 0 = infinity -x / 0 = -infinity fair enough 0 / x = 0 #unless x=0 0 / 0 = irrelevant/no result basicly what he is saying is this? 0/0 = -x/0 -> 0 -> x/0 "'nullity' - which sits outside the conventional number line (stretching from negative infinity, through zero, to positive infinity)" does that mean , in the end, that 0 = x ?  how can nothing be anything when nothing is nothing?  |
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12-07-2006, 13:35
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However funny, you can't do math like that on divisions with zero. Another example: ____________________ (Note: Using "aa" as notation for "a squared") Given that a = 1 and b = 1 a = b (we now multiply with b on both sides...) ab = bb (subtract aa on both sides...) ab - aa = bb - aa ( put a 'outside' on left side...) a(b-a) = bb - aa ( Use the rule for Product of Sum and Difference...) a(b-a) = (b + a) * (b - a) (Divide by b - a on both sides...) a = b + a (insert values) 1 = 2 QED.  Last edited by Vedder; 12-07-2006 at 13:48. |
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12-07-2006, 13:51
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x/0 = infinity :: because:
10/2: 10-2=8 count: 1 8-2=6 count: 2 6-2=4 count: 3 4-2=2 count: 4 2-2=0 count: 5 10/2=5 however... 10/0: 10-0=10 count: 1 10-0=10 count: 2 10-0=10 count: 3 ... in this case 10/0=infinity from a different angle you will get this 10/2=5 because 2*5=10 # correct 10/0=x because 0*x=10 # incorrect/irrelevant since 0*x cant be 10 a third angle... 10/0 = 0 because you got nothing to devide it with it works if 0 = close to 0. but last time i checked 0=0 not infinity->0 or whatever. im confusing myself so im gonna stop now why do i even bother this  Last edited by sob; 12-07-2006 at 14:26. Reason: typo |
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12-07-2006, 19:13
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The best comment i heard today regarding deviding 0. I didnt get a real answer to my question, but I got a hint, and this is about how it went.
6 / 3 = 2 .. so 2 * 3 = 6 and 6 / 2 = 3 6 / 0 = INF .. so INF * 0 = 5 ( nope ) and 5 / INF = 0? 0 / 3 = 0 .. so 0 * 3 = 0 and 0 / 0 = 3 ( nope ) So calculating it the other way arround isnt even possible with out basic match The INF and 0 "symbols" are said to be only to make things easier.. I really have no clue anymore.. |
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