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Name: Anonymous 2007-09-08 23:37 ID:DQ/MKm+7

ONE WORD, 00 = ?, /sci/ over

Name: RedCream 2007-09-10 6:02 ID:nx3Y3AX0

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I didn't divide by zero in the OH NOES NEVAR DOO DAT!!11!1! sense.  By saying (0/0), I'm actually saying:

"How many zeros are in zero?"

The answer is obviously 1.

If instead we had (1/0) to examine, we'd find ourselves saying:

"How many zeros are in one?"

... to which we have no answer.  How many zeros are there in any real number?  Zero?  One?  Infinitely many?  Fuck!  That's why we leave it undefined.

But to ask about the special case of how many zeros are in zero?  Well, that's resolvable.  The answer is 1.

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