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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:23 PM Original message |
Any math geeks out there? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. You are correct |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. division by zero is frowned on. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Very true. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Division by zero is undefined, but 1+1 does = 1 |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. This was just plain old algebra |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I think it's downright illegal. LOL |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. its a pev t-shirt |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Division by zero = Infinity |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. NO! That is a pet peeve of mine |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Division is simplified subtraction. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What's zero times infinity? |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think zero times infinity is zero. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So if zero times infinity is zero, zero times infinity cannot equal 1. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Well, you've got me there. |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. In computer arithmetic, it's undefined. In physics and calculus, it's INFINITY. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I make things out of metal. Physics? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No, you are wrong - anything divded by zero is undefined. |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
54. A black hole exists because of division by zero. Are they impossible? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. A black hole exists because of division by zero? In what universe? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Wha? |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. .... well, except "infinity" in physics is an approximation. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
50. No - the limit of 1/x as x approaches 0 is infinity |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. but if anything divided by infinity is zero |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Mathematics can't divide by infinity. |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Both zero and infinity are abstract philosophical numbers . |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. I think you just answered your own question., |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. No, anything divded by zero is undefined. It is NOT infinity. |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Wrong. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. You're wrong, of course. Here's the proof: |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well then |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Here's another handy way to simplify fractions: |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Nice try... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Well, it works for me: |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Ok, it's not funny anymore. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Okay, in the interest of full disclosure, I say you can only count on my handy shortcut |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I was a mathematics major and tutored my way through college. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. "Casting out nines" is a way of computing the remainder a number leaves when diivided by nine: |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I didn't realize you were using the xs=yr equation to produce an equation. |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. That's pretty funny. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. That's awesome! I wish I'd known that in calculus... |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. The simplest way to explain the zero denominator |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Division by 0 is undefined. |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Also Infinity isn't a number, it's an abstract concept. |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. you're talking limits |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
61. ... so, it's a question of knowing your limits? |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
67. what if x is approaching zero |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. If you've never seen that |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. The version I saw was Evil, not Problems |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Cute, but more bad algebra. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. Step five was a substitution |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Cute but more bad algebra. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. That is the entire point of the joke. |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Like I said, it's cute. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I understand that errors can really get on our nerves sometimes. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Only if "and" means to multiply |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Seems reasonable |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. And women are complicated, so that would involve tensors |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. You're right on some point but not on others. |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I made some mistakes in my first post but this one has them corrected. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
49. It all starts with the assumption of x=y, so it really proves nothing |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. Zero, in fact, does equal one. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. This is a very helpful thread... |
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motely36 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I remember doing that in school |
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briv1016 (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
57. Besides dividing by 0, lines 3 and 4 are wrong in and of themselves. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I don't think so. |
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briv1016 (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. No, your right. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. This thread hurts my brain. |
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