Does 0/0 = 0 ?

[iamaelephant]

Anyone know for sure?

 

[drum]

i thought it was undefined?

off the top of my head... always sucked at math

 

[Ronstang]

You cannot divide by zero thus it is undefined.

 

[her209]

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.divideby0.html

 

[aux]

undefined

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You cannot divide by zero thus it is undefined.

Actually, you may be able to in this case. You can't in the example 5/0 because 0*x could never equal 5. However, 0*0=0.

 

[thesurge]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeterminate_form

 

[keeleysam]

It is undefined.

 

[thoro86]

after reading the link, it's supposed to be indeterminate??

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: thoro86
after reading the link, it's supposed to be indeterminate??

right. Not exactly undefined. value assumed is different from case to case.