Hi @neiltyson. The best I can do: divide by an infinitesimal (a number > than 0 but < every pos. real number). Can actually be made kosher.
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@JohnAllenPaulos@neiltyson And apparently the answer to division by this will always be a Zzzillion? -
@JohnAllenPaulos@neiltyson In which case, can we call this number Zzzero?
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos Siri has, by far, the best response to such a question:pic.twitter.com/Wu1uRgsbsT
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos chuck Norris can divide by zero.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Wait a second are you trolling@JohnAllenPaulos? Jk ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson it's not undefined, l'Hôpital can tellbyou stories about it@tracy_karin@JohnAllenPaulos -
@mluebbecke@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos Check out this link about zero being undefined! http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=SQzjzStU1RQ … via@khanacademy
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos according to my sources at@chuck_facts - chuck norris can divide by zero. -
@snarkyRedhd@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos@chuck_facts In Soviet Russia, zero divides by YOU!
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos These are cracking me up.. Neil deGrasse Tyson for president, John Allen Paulos for vice? Eh? Eh?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos Can we maybe define divide by zero as being a Zillion? Get two in at one go?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson If you divide by zero U haven't divided at all. Have you? Same as division by one. Nothing divided. Solved Next?@JohnAllenPaulosThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos Dividing by zero? I do it all the time. I just don't cut the sandwich in half.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos I know some zeroes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos could be some kind of new infinite.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson I just want Siri to shut up about it!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos zero goes into zero once its the only thing that doesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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