division by zero

hey /sci/entologists

why can't I divide by zero?

Long story short: In principle, you can define 1/0 to be whatever you want, but there's no way to define it to make it compatible with regular division in every situation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_by_zero
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation#Zero_to_the_zero_power