Question

[J'Pol]

Any number dived by 0 provides infinity as the answer.

If you divide by 1, you get the same number

If you divide by 1/2 you multiply by 2

If you divide by 1/4 you multiply by 4

If you divide by 1/123456789 you multiply by 123456789

So the smaller the number you divide by, the higher the number you effectively multiply by. It's a reciprocal thing.

As 0 (which is a number) is infinitely small, then that is the same as multiplying by an infinitely large number.

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by J'Pol@16 May 2004 - 11:56


As 0 (which is a number) is infinitely small, then that is the same as multiplying by an infinitely large number.

So "my" apple would suddenly expand to the size of the universe....

[2nd gen noob]

Originally posted by nigel123+16 May 2004 - 12:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (nigel123 @ 16 May 2004 - 12:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-J&#39;Pol@16 May 2004 - 11:56


As 0 (which is a number) is infinitely small, then that is the same as multiplying by an infinitely large number.

So "my" apple would suddenly expand to the size of the universe.... [/b][/quote]
Practical application of theoretical concepts is a little tricky

[Cheese]

Originally posted by nigel123@16 May 2004 - 10:47
Ok, great theory, but then lets say I have 1 apple, and I don&#39;t divide it so 1. apple/0 ....surely I have still got 1 apple and not zero apples?

Choosing not to do something to an object does not automatically lead to the equation object/0.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by nigel123+16 May 2004 - 13:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (nigel123 @ 16 May 2004 - 13:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-J&#39;Pol@16 May 2004 - 11:56


As 0 (which is a number) is infinitely small, then that is the same as multiplying by an infinitely large number.

So "my" apple would suddenly expand to the size of the universe.... [/b][/quote]
We&#39;re talking maths here old bean, not arithmetic. Or fruitering for that matter.

[thewizeard]

I thought for a minute that we had stumbled on the solution for the food shortage supply in our world... by the way, what has " old beans" got to do with the subject matter?

Edit: typo of course...

[Rat Faced]

Originally posted by nigel123+16 May 2004 - 12:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (nigel123 @ 16 May 2004 - 12:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-J&#39;Pol@16 May 2004 - 11:56


As 0 (which is a number) is infinitely small, then that is the same as multiplying by an infinitely large number.

So "my" apple would suddenly expand to the size of the universe.... [/b][/quote]
I think current theories suggest that the Universe is finite....just very big.

So, to quote Pratchet, it would be the size of the multiverse

[thewizeard]

Well...I just hope nobody divides my apple, or those old beans by zero, while I am holding it/ them... :fugley:

[JONNO_CELEBS]

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