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Professor Comes Up With a Way to Divide by Zero

Posted by samzenpus on from the it-seems-so-obvious-now dept.

54mc writes "The BBC reports that Dr. James Anderson, of the University of Reading, has finally conquered the problem of dividing by zero. His new number, which he calls "nullity" solves the 1200 year old problem that niether Newton nor Pythagoras could solve, the problem of zero to the zero power. Story features video (Real Player only) of Dr. Anderson explaining the "simple" concept."

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  1. But wait by iriefrank · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Has Netcraft confirmed it?

  2. Re:Imaginary Numbers by PixieDust · · Score: 1, Redundant
    I appreciate your insight as to the importance of Imaginary Numbers. I wasn't trying to imply that imaginary numbers weren't important in real world applications (as that was crudely explained to me a long time ago, roughly a few months after arguing with my algebra teacher, whose comments were limited to "Because I said so!"), merely that someone 're-inventing the wheel' so to speak where it concerns allowing a division of zero seemed odd, and I was questioning what real world value that had.

    Again though, thank you for that quick n dirty explanation of Imaginary Numbers, I'm always eager to learn new stuffs. ^_^