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		_Sycamore on Dec 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1/0 = 0 (2018) My head-canon with dividing by zero is that 1/0 = undefined and 1/-0 = -undefined, and that's where I leave it because anything less funny than that seems like an impractical answer.

jansan on Dec 2, 2024 | [–]

I am fine if isFinite(1/0) returns false.

maxk42 on Dec 1, 2024 | [–]

0 / 0 = Any number

non-zero / 0 = No number

hgomersall on Dec 2, 2024 | [–]

0/0 might be a specific number. You have to go and use l'hopitals rule to work out what it might be.

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