On 9/19/2011 11:20 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>
> Well, if you define it to be Heth then it's defined... It's not
> necessarily a good idea though.
>
> Fact is, 0 * infinity = 0, so it's not a sensible answer. Unless you
> change the axioms of arithmetic. (And even if you do, division by zero
> leads to logical paradoxes left, right and center...)
>

Somehow I knew you'd post something like this.  The fact is, however, 
that defining division by zero to be infinity is actually quite common 
and very useful in some areas of mathematics, and it doesn't lead to 
paradoxes if you modify arithmetic suitably.

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