Talk:Indeterminate form
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Isn't 0 over 0 is a determinate form because if you keep multiplying very small number very few times you just get 0. -- Taku 02:25, Nov 15, 2003 (UTC)
0/0 is indeterminate since if it had some definite value, say x, so 0x=0. But any number satisfies that equation for x, so 0/0 has no definite or determinable value. Dysprosia 02:28, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Umm, elegant! Thanks a lot, Dysprosia. -- Taku
In the sense of this article, 0/0 is indeterminate because if f(x) and g(x) both approach 0 as x approaches something, then f(x)/g(x) can approach a number that depends on which functions f and g are. (That does not detract from the elegance of Dysprosia's observation, however.) Michael Hardy 20:18, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
I've just moved some material from zero divided by zero to this page performing significant changes to it to make it apropriate for this page. I am planning to move more material in a few days time but not necessarily to this page and maybe to a subpage of this page. Barnaby dawson 19:56, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
After an edit clash, I've added to the second paragraph. Charles Matthews 11:05, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I've now done further work on that discussion. Charles Matthews 11:16, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)