Re: math:gcd is incorrect

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  • Posted by EUWX May 09, 2012
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Selgor said...
EUWX said...

I like the following understanding.

x divided by 0 ...... (plus or minus) infinity if x is not 0

0 divided by 0 ...... is 1 because anything divided by itself results in 1.

Just interested. Where did the above info come from ?.

Selgor

http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/0div0a.htm

0/1..... =1 is NOT the preferred interpretation. I therefore specifically prefixed my statement with "I like the following". There is also a reference in ancient Eastern mathematics about 0/0 being 1, but I can't find it right now.

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