We all know that dividing by zero results in a dismayed interjection along the lines of "ohshi-." But what of the limit as the denominator approaches zero?
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Anonymous2007-05-09 17:57 ID:JjnM4Q/K
Dividing by smaller and smaller numbers (especially denominators << 1) yields larger and larger quotients. Look at the graph of y = 1/x. The graph is a rounded corner in the bottom left, and also in the upper right. This is a singularity, because the values of the limits taken from either side do not approach the same value (n -> 0- approaches -infinity; n => 0+ approaches +infinity). That's why there's no solution to x/0.
PS Fuck me it's been years since calculus
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Anonymous2007-05-09 19:36 ID:xsifRbEU
>>1
It is an interjection start begins saying oshi- but never quite reaches the last syllable.
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Anonymous2007-05-09 23:34 ID:gtN86ld2
TRICK QUESTION.
You're allowed to take the limit as n goes to zero,
hence no tear in space-time continuum,
hence no oh shit or oh shi-.
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Esse2007-05-09 23:52 ID:8Dmh4jNS
42. THE ANSWER IS 42.
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Anonymous2009-03-18 2:25
I'm feeling really keen, for some of that good ol' green