WetWired said:
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Get your mathmatics straight. Dividing by 0 is only undefined if it is 0 which you are dividing. Any positive number divided by 0 is positive infinity, any negative number divided by 0 is negative infinity.
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Actually you're quite incorrect sir.
Any number other than 0 divided by 0 is undefined. 0 divided by 0 is not undefined. 0 divided by 0 is INDETERMINATE.
Let me show you how this is with a few common patterns.
5/5=1
4/4=1
3/3=1
2/2=1
1/1=1
0/0=1?
5/0=Undefined
4/0=Undefined
3/0=Undefined
2/0=Undefined
1/0=Undefined
0/0=Undefined?
0/5=0
0/4=0
0/3=0
0/2=0
0/1=0
0/0=0?
So according to those three patterns, 0/0 is 0, 1, and undefined. This is why 0/0 is considered indeterminate.
By the way, don't bother arguing this with me, I've done research on it(very recently actually, since I just finally started learning some calculus in my calculus class and we're doing limits.)
This positive infinity and negative infinity you mention are not numbers, which is probably why anything divided by 0 is undefined, since you can't really say WHAT infinity is.