Division by Zero: a Note

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• Volume 5,Issue 6,Nov.,2017

Year:

2017

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Division n 0, Euler's solution, Division 0 0, Segments, Infinity, Aleph 1

Authors:

Antonio Luigi Paolilli

Journal:

IJISM

Volume:

5

Number:

6

Pages:

199-200

Month:

November

ISSN:

2347-9051

Abstract:

The division of a number n (with n ≠ 0) by zero is not defined (or it is considered impossible). The result of the division 0 / 0 is instead considered indeterminate. About the former case some famous mathematicians have written that the result is ∞. However these problems have been solved (we say circumvented) by the theory of limits. Here it is shown that these two divisions are possible and that they give a result without resorting to the theory of limits

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