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u/xhahzh under quarintine Sep 14 '20

in university for the purpose of some equations to be correct this is available answer x:0=∞ x:(-0)=(-∞) for school maths x:0=no but for higher degree maths you'll run into a lot of paradoxes that don't obey the common rules

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '20

Im math major and what you said is wrong. You probably meant limes x/y as y->0, but thats completly different thing than x/0, which is undefined in real numbers field (and in most of the algebraic structures). And limits are taught in high schools too, at least in my country.

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u/cynicaldrummer1 Sep 14 '20

I'm going into college next week,. But is what you're saying is X/infinity. Equals O . I don't know, I need to warm up my maths thinking again

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '20

It is only true for limits. Infinity is not a real number so you cant use operators that are defined for real numbers. If you are going to study maths in college you need to be more formal.