0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoBro tried to divide by zerosh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down111
arrow-up1439arrow-down1imageBro tried to divide by zerosh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareBumblefumble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months ago10/0 ≠ lim x->0+ 10/x Or in other words, the thing you keep quoting does not apply in this case. Any number divided by zero is undefined, not positive infinity (or negative infinity for that matter).
minus-squareReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s undefined in math, but not floating point arithmetic
minus-squarebequirtle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agobut it does apply, because computers use IEEE arithmetic…
10/0 ≠ lim x->0+ 10/x
Or in other words, the thing you keep quoting does not apply in this case. Any number divided by zero is undefined, not positive infinity (or negative infinity for that matter).
It’s undefined in math, but not floating point arithmetic
but it does apply, because computers use IEEE arithmetic…