dividing by zero is possible using a new number - 'nullity'.


	dividing by zero is possible using a new number - 'nullity'.

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12-9-2006 8:27 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bf59d47c-6374-4431-ab9c-33157e70e924/60CFA981-EC69-4A2A-8ECF-DEBC8ECCE710/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_feature.shtml" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_feature.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_feature.shtml"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><TABLE width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="203" height="152" border="0" alt="Whiteboard%20showing%20the%20symbol%20for%20nullity%20%28bottom%29" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/images/2006/12/06/203_zero_whiteboard_203x152.jpg" /></TD></TR><TR><TD width="203" class="caption"><FONT size="-2" class="s8">The symbol for nullity (bottom)</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><H2 class="s3"><FONT size="+1">1200-year-old problem 'easy'</FONT></H2><FONT size="-1"><FONT class="s4">Schoolchildren from Caversham have become the first to learn a brand new theory that dividing by zero is possible using a new number - 'nullity'. But the suggestion has left many mathematicians cold.<BR /></FONT></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_feature.shtml"><H3>UPDATED: 11:50 GMT, 8 December 2006</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_feature.shtml"><H3>Given the, er, light-hearted mathematical debate Dr Anderson's theory has generated, we're delighted to announce he will join us on Tuesday 12 December to answer questions and discuss some of the criticisms levelled against his theory of 'nullity'.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_feature.shtml"><H3>You will be able to hear in more detail from Dr Anderson on this page later on Tuesday.</H3></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/60CFA981-EC69-4A2A-8ECF-DEBC8ECCE710/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>