Question

explain why 0/0=undefined.

Answer 1

oh! no

Answer 2

why?

Answer 3

Leads to inconsistency...

Answer 4

Prove 0=1 etc

Answer 5

i can't understand

Answer 6

if 0/0 is defined, 0*0/0=0*1/0. i.e: 0=1. satisfied , sritama?

Answer 7

yes.thanks

Answer 8

U can "talk about" 0/0 in analysis for limit purposes

Answer 9

hey, e-studier, r u a teacher?

Answer 10

I was, once....

Answer 11

I am retired...

Answer 12

professor?

Answer 13

No, it was not my career..I did for a few years only....

Answer 14

so, what do u do now? besides solving prolems, i mean

Answer 15

Retirement is full-time,lol

Answer 16

I study math, do 3D graphics, some other things...

Answer 17

cool

Answer 18

is math your passion?

Answer 19

sritama, day by day, u r becoming a philosopher

Answer 20

why?

Answer 21

!!!

Answer 22

u r putting some questions that can take even a scientist off guard

Answer 23

Someone has to ask these questions, philosophy is cool...

Answer 24

i think, philosophy is weird!

Answer 25

oh . nice to think myself a philosopher!

Answer 26

philosophy is good

Answer 27

believe me, u r. if u keep it up, one day u will surpass karl marx :)

Answer 28

thanks for ur imagination power dear.

Answer 29

so why is 0/0 undefined; but 0! is defined, yet 0^0 is undefined ?? is my question.

why do we define indeterminate forms for some aspects and not others?

Answer 30

Convenience.

Answer 31

thats what i thought :)

\[\frac{d}{dx}(x) = 1x^0 \]
is considered a special case becasue its tabboo to have x^0

Answer 32

I didn't know that, I would have probably said it was 1 if asked.

Answer 33

me too