The best way I know of (so far) to think about division by zero is https://graphicallinearalgebra.net/2015/12/14/26-keep-calm-and-divide-by-zero/ … Briefly: fractions are (slopes of) linear subspaces of the plane. Three plane subspaces have no slope: the vertical line (1/0, ∞ slope), the entire plane (0/0), and the bare origin (∞/∞) https://twitter.com/TheMichaelBurge/status/1042771100491370497 …
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Why did nobody tell me this at school!? This would have helped so much do deal with the horrible aesthetics of leaving x/0 unresolved. I feel that I have wasted my entire life due to sub par algebra (*pulls out hair* *rends clothes*)
11:10 AM - 20 Sep 2018
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