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  2. Division by infinity - Wikipedia

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    The hyperbola = /.As approaches ∞, approaches 0.. In mathematics, division by infinity is division where the divisor (denominator) is ∞.In ordinary arithmetic, this does not have a well-defined meaning, since ∞ is a mathematical concept that does not correspond to a specific number, and moreover, there is no nonzero real number that, when added to itself an infinite number of times ...

  3. Division by zero - Wikipedia

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    A positive or negative number when divided by zero is a fraction with the zero as denominator. Zero divided by a negative or positive number is either zero or is expressed as a fraction with zero as numerator and the finite quantity as denominator. Zero divided by zero is zero. In 830, Mahāvīra unsuccessfully tried to correct the mistake ...

  4. Collatz conjecture - Wikipedia

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    Histogram of total stopping times for the numbers 1 to 10 9. Total stopping time is on the x axis, frequency on the y axis. Iteration time for inputs of 2 to 10 7. Total stopping time of numbers up to 250, 1000, 4000, 20000, 100000, 500000. Consider the following operation on an arbitrary positive integer: If the number is even, divide it by two.

  5. James A. D. W. Anderson - Wikipedia

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    The report implied that Anderson had discovered the solution to division by zero, rather than simply attempting to formalize it. The report also suggested that Anderson was the first to solve this problem, when in fact the result of zero divided by zero has been expressed formally in a number of different ways (for example, NaN).

  6. Wheel theory - Wikipedia

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    In particular, division by zero is meaningful. The real numbers can be extended to a wheel, as can any commutative ring . The term wheel is inspired by the topological picture ⊙ {\displaystyle \odot } of the real projective line together with an extra point ⊥ ( bottom element ) such that ⊥ = 0 / 0 {\displaystyle \bot =0/0} .

  7. Parity of zero - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. Quality of zero being an even number The weighing pans of this balance scale contain zero objects, divided into two equal groups. Listen to this article (31 minutes) This audio file was created from a revision of this article dated 27 August 2013 (2013-08-27), and does not reflect ...

  8. Inequality (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, an inequality is a relation which makes a non-equal comparison between two numbers or other mathematical expressions. [1] It is used most often to compare two numbers on the number line by their size. The main types of inequality are less than (<) and greater than (>).

  9. Division (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In terms of partition, 20 / 5 means the size of each of 5 parts into which a set of size 20 is divided. For example, 20 apples divide into five groups of four apples, meaning that "twenty divided by five is equal to four". This is denoted as 20 / 5 = 4, or ⁠ 20 / 5 ⁠ = 4. [2] In the example, 20 is the dividend, 5 is the divisor, and 4 is ...