I am not sure if undefined is the right word, since undefined things can exist. What are your thoughts on this Steve?
Mark On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Steven Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > To say that 6/2=3 is to say that 3*2=6. In general to say that a/b=c > means that b*c=a.Therefore, to say that 2/0=c (for some c) would mean > that 0*c=2. But 0 times anything would be 0. There is nothing we could > multiply 0 by to get 2, so 2/0 is undefined. > > Best, > Steve > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Joseph Maurer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> How can you add, subract, multiply 1 by 0, and not divide 1 by 0? A >> failure in rigorous logic? >> >> Joe > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
