POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Div/Zero and Infinity : Re: Div/Zero and Infinity Server Time
29 Jul 2024 14:14:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Div/Zero and Infinity  
From: Warp
Date: 19 Jun 2002 13:22:29
Message: <3d10bdd4@news.povray.org>
frerejacque <dan### [at] freefr> wrote:
> x / 0 -> infty

  Well, that's just plain wrong. In the n/x function there's a discontinuity
at x=0, which makes n/0 undefined (if you approach x->0 from the right,
the limit will be +infinity, while if you approach from the left, it
will be -infinity; it can't be both at x=0; it's a discontinuity and thus
not defined).

> and 1/(1+x) = 1 if x==infty

  If 1+infinity = infinity, then 1/(1+infinity) = 1/infinity = 0

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