Problems with Zero - Numberphile
Dividing by zero, zero divided by zero and zero to the power of zero - all pose problems! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ This video features Matt Parker and James Grime...
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MATT PARKER: 0 is a perfectly good number.And you ignore it at your peril.The problem is it's a dangerous number.And a lot of things can go horribly wrong with 0.And because it is a slightly more unusual, nuanced number,you have to be a little bit more careful withhow you handle it.And so there are some things that you can't do with it.So you can't divide something by 0.And you can't have things like 0 to the power of 0.And I get asked about these all the time.People are constantly, why can't I divide by 0?I want to divide by 0?Isn't it just infinity?Blah, blah, blah.And so I thought I would do two things.First of all, I'm going to show you why, no, you cannotdivide by 0.It's not just infinity.It'...
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MATT PARKER: 0 is a perfectly good number.And you ignore it at your peril.The problem is it's a dangerous number.And a lot of things can go horribly wrong with 0.And because it is a slightly more unusual, nuanced number,you have to be a little bit more careful withhow you handle it.And so there are some things that you can't do with it.So you can't divide something by 0.And you can't have things like 0 to the power of 0.And I get asked about these all the time.People are constantly, why can't I divide by 0?I want to divide by 0?Isn't it just infinity?Blah, blah, blah.And so I thought I would do two things.First of all, I'm going to show you why, no, you cannotdivide by 0.It's not just infinity.It'...
