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Forum Name: Middle school
Topic ID: 8
Message ID: 1
#1, RE: arithmetics that allow division by zero
Posted by alexb on Oct-20-00 at 12:25 PM
In response to message #0
Division by 0 has been neglected by mathematicians who think they have a good reason for such behavior.

In the Nonstandard Analysis, Abraham Robinson introduced infinitesimal numbers whose reciprocals are infinitely large numbers.

Regards,
Alexander Bogomolny