Seems like it should and the result should be one. Does mathematics agree with me on that?

  • howrar@lemmy.caEnglish
    48·
    vor 2 Jahren

    It does not. If you enforce 0/0=1, then you end up in a situation where you can prove any two numbers are equal to each other and you end up with a useless system, so we do not allow for that.

    e.g. 0=0*2 -> 0/0 = (0/0)*2 -> 1=1*2 -> 1=2

    If you get into calculus though, you’ll have ways to deal with this to some extent using limits.

    • amio@kbin.social
      12·
      vor 2 Jahren

      Quick tip, Markdown treats * specially so you need to escape it like so: \*

      • howrar@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        vor 2 Jahren

        Thanks. I already fixed it, but it seems Lemmy is just slow to propagate edits.

    • Spzi@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      vor 2 Jahren

      I see you replace two “0” with a “0/0”, but why that? Since you assume it equals 1, why do you replace it for 0?

        • Spzi@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          vor 2 Jahren

          Ah, yes. Normally not allowed because undefined, but here you define it as 1. Alright, thanks.