From: "Jarek Adamski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dnia 00-09-28 Aley Keprt pisze:
>
> > So why cannot we accept any (numeric) answer?
> > 0*anything=0
> > infinite*anything=infinite
> > This implies that 0=infinite.
>
> Well...
>
> 0 * anything = 0
>
> only when this "anything" isn't infinite, and
>
> infinite * anything = infinite
>
> only when this "anything" isn't zero, so
>
> 0 * infinite        = anything
> 0 / 0               = anything
> infinite / infinite = anything

Hmmm... looks like everyone's ignoring the transfinite set of numbers,
Cantor sets, and Aleph^0, Aleph^1, Aleph^2, etc.

Also, the fact that you can have positive and negative zero...

:-)

Just thought I'd throw a well placed spanner...

Si

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