Dividing by Zero

[DRZ]

x/x = 1

x=0

Stuff cannot be divided by zero but any number divided by itself is 1. Is the answer infinity, 1, 0 or something else?

I apologise if this runs to a billion pages...

 

[PhillyDee]

See this thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18278465

 

[Vita]

How do magnets work?

 

[Vonhelmet]

x/x = 1

x=0

Stuff cannot be divided by zero but any number divided by itself is 1. Is the answer infinity, 1, 0 or something else?

I apologise if this runs to a billion pages...

I was informed last time this came up that it is not infinity, tempting though that may be.

It's "undefined".

 

[Fenris]

You can not divide nothing to begin with, don't be dumb.

 

[SuperMan]

Will my perpetual motion machine work?

 

[Fenris]

Will my perpetual motion machine work?

Can it be divided by zero?

 

[asim18]

Can I blow my own sail?

 

[Vonhelmet]

Can I blow my own sail?

If you could, would you ever leave the house?

 

[Jono8]

0 surely.

How can dividing nothing by nothing = something

 

[Judgeneo]

You can only divide by zero in the extended complex plane, in which case it equals infinity

 

[Rroff]

its nand aka not defined as the division operator won't "function" with no input.

 

[BringTheRain]

See this thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18278465

Absolute classic mate.

 

[Podmonkey]

0.4?

 

[Razor-BladE]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_zero_divided_by_zero

 

[Josh P]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0%2F0

 

[Judgeneo]

Since everyone is linking anyway...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_sphere

This explains it fairly well

 

[Cosimo]

Last time I did a divide by zero a system crashed.

 

[Parky]

 

[OriginalJonty]

I did this sum on my phone calculator. It told me there was an error. Therefore 0/0= error.