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Re: Calculus
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:51:36AM -0400, Charles Brown wrote:
> Why is it that one cannot divide by zero ? Seems like special pleading.
>
The definition of integer division is that a divides b if there exists
r and q such that a = r * b + q and 0 <= q < b (In words, a equals
r multiplied by b plus q and q is greater than or equal to zero and less
than b). If b is zero then there are no pairs of numbers that satisfy
that equation for any a, as can easily be verified.
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Louis Proyect Fri 20 Apr 2001, 15:39 GMT
- Re: Calculus; paradoxes in mathematics,
Charles Brown Fri 20 Apr 2001, 15:34 GMT
- Re: Calculus,
Charles Brown Fri 20 Apr 2001, 14:53 GMT
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- Re: Calculus,
David Welch Fri 20 Apr 2001, 15:50 GMT
- Re: Calculus,
Les Schaffer Fri 20 Apr 2001, 16:23 GMT
- Re: Calculus,
Les Schaffer Fri 20 Apr 2001, 16:40 GMT
- Re: Calculus,
Charles Brown Fri 20 Apr 2001, 17:22 GMT
- Re: Calculus,
Les Schaffer Fri 20 Apr 2001, 17:55 GMT
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