Re: [Mid] Math bashing

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Charles J. Cohen wrote:

}Nice transition! If we let x approach zero, then we can divide a
}number by x, and find out what happens when we divide a number that is
}so close to zero that it almost is zero.
}
}So to me, as x approaches zero, 10/x approaches infinity, which is why
}when you divide a constant by 0 it equals infinity.

Something I've wondered about...can't 0 be treated as a shorthand symbol for
the infinitely small, just as "infinity" is a shorthand symbol for the
infinitely large?

Fairfax

From: Alan Terlep <atterlep@oakland.edu>
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Received on Tue Dec 21 10:47:06 1999