What was good enough for Ken and Eugene is good enough for me. This guy - James Anderson - is getting close to your claim about 0%0 "It is not undefined, it is not indeterminate."
Interestingly he has been thinking last ten years about something you suggested over 30 years ago. 2008/1/9, Eugene McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Devon McCormick wrote: > > > At least according to this guy: > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/12/nullity_061212_feature.shtml > > . > > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > ^me^ at acm. > > org is my > > preferred e-mail > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > I've just reread my article "Zero Divided by Zero" in APL76 > Proceedings, and it gives the case that 0%0 is 0. I still believe that > the quotient should be zero, for if it is one, the least common > multiple function fails, the distributivity of division over addition > fails; the arc (or phase, amplitude, argument or angle) fails; the > dyadic logarithm has a problem; as does the average of an empty > vector ; lastly, with the complex domain in view, zero is the only > symmetrical choice. It was persuasive to Ken Iverson, who saw its > truth, and saw to it that APL gave the zero value, as does J. > > Eugene > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) `. )----' (")_(")
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