Comments on: Nullity: New Math for Dividing by Zero. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zav http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-1774501 zav Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:12:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/#comment-1774501 "Imagine you're landing ON an aeroplane"? WTF? I think I'll land on the windshield. “Imagine you’re landing ON an aeroplane”?

WTF?

I think I’ll land on the windshield.

]]> By: Onatel http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-631214 Onatel Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:53:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/#comment-631214 I've always thought of the "Error: Divide by 0" message me calculator gives me as more of a philosophical statement than a mathematical one. Like "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Going back to kindergarten, if there are seven apples, and no one is around to eat them, it doesn't matter how many there are. There could be millions, or one. So the answer to a divide by zero problem should be a variable. Am I making sense, or am I just rambling? I dunno, I'm not a math-y person... I’ve always thought of the “Error: Divide by 0″ message me calculator gives me as more of a philosophical statement than a mathematical one. Like “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Going back to kindergarten, if there are seven apples, and no one is around to eat them, it doesn’t matter how many there are. There could be millions, or one. So the answer to a divide by zero problem should be a variable. Am I making sense, or am I just rambling? I dunno, I’m not a math-y person…

]]> By: Huang Chen http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-57105 Huang Chen Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:14:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/#comment-57105 Division by zero is absurd, but triviality is quite useful. There are 3 existential types, not just 2. 1) That which exists. 2) That which does not exist. 3) That for which existence is indeterminate. Any trivial is of the third type because “The Existence of a Trivial is Indeterminate”. This last statement can be proved quite easily. It says that given any unique object, there is no way to determine if the object is really itself, or if it is in fact a trivial clone of itself. This is indeterminate. One can exploit this existential indeterminacy of the trivials to make all kinds of unusual models. http://sciphysicsopenmanuscript.blogspot.com/ I think that Dr Anderson was on the right track, but he missed it. He claims to have invented a non-number, a nullity, but he should really be looking at triviality instead. Huang Division by zero is absurd, but triviality is quite useful.

There are 3 existential types, not just 2.

1) That which exists.

2) That which does not exist.

3) That for which existence is indeterminate.

Any trivial is of the third type because “The Existence of a Trivial is Indeterminate”.

This last statement can be proved quite easily. It says that given any unique object, there is no way to determine if the object is really itself, or if it is in fact a trivial clone of itself. This is indeterminate.

One can exploit this existential indeterminacy of the trivials to make all kinds of unusual models.

http://sciphysicsopenmanuscript.blogspot.com/

I think that Dr Anderson was on the right track, but he missed it. He claims to have invented a non-number, a nullity, but he should really be looking at triviality instead.

Huang

]]> By: v.dog http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-56676 v.dog Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:28:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/#comment-56676 http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2006/12/nullity_the_nonsense_number_1.php http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2006/12/nullity_the_nonsense_number_1 .php

]]> By: cooper http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-56621 cooper Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:24:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/07/nullity-new-math-for-dividing-by-zero/#comment-56621 HAHAH. What a 'tard this guy is. HAHAH. What a ‘tard this guy is.

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