Re: VOTE on whether 1/oo = 0

From: |-|erc (gotch_at_beauty.com)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:46:15 GMT

"David W. Cantrell" <DWCantrell@sigmaxi.org> wrote in
> > I do have a liberal perspective on the topic also.
> >
> > IF you define division by infinity to start with
> > THEN you could assign that result as 0.
>
> I advise against doing that.
> It's better to define the elements of the extension and the appropriate
> operations _in general_ first. Done correctly, 1/oo = 0 would then follow

notice my disclaimer before I state that the result could be 0.

If you were given a test

1/oo =

a/ 1
b/ 0
c/ oo
d/ 10

The answer is 0. Why? because the questioner put the question into a form
that clarifies "division" by 0 is allowable syntax.

Given the denominator can accept oo as a construct, the answer is 0.

I assume this is the logic behind Rheimann sphere, its just locating the electron
due north in the electron cloud isn't it?

Herc

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