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I guess its more flipped. How many pieces equal the whole, not how many pieces can the whole be broken up into. That's why you can't divide by 0, any number of
by jonshariat 8y ago
I guess its more flipped. How many pieces equal the whole, not how many pieces can the whole be broken up into. That's why you can't divide by 0, any number of nothing can't make a whole.
So all that to say: We can't treat 0 like a number.
*disclaimer: I have no math background whatsoever, this is just a fun topic.
- halflings 8y agoAnd as it follows, if you divide by 0.00000000001, you can fit a whole lot of pieces in your original value... so what should dividing by 0 (which is even smaller than 0.000000001) naturally do? 0, or +infinity?