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:: According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defined_and_undefined wikipedia] "In mathematics, defined and undefined are used to explain whether or not expressions have meaningful, sensible, and unambiguous values. Whether an expression has a meaningful value depends on the context of the expression. For example the value of 4 − 5 is undefined if a positive integer result is required." And the problem with 0/0 is the cardinality of the result, not the lack of any results. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 11:37, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
::: I don't know of any conventional mathematical context in which "<math>\frac{1}{0}</math>" or "<math>\frac{0}{0}</math>" has a meaningful, sensible, and unambiguous value. —[[User:Underscore|Underscore]] ([[User talk:Underscore|Talk]]) 18:42, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
:::: I thought 1/0 was often accepted to represent an infinity, though I can agree that infinities are not necessarily sensible nor unambiguous. That said, mathematics seems capable of dealing with such subjects. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 02:58, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
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