What does it called when you divide 1 by infinity?
(1/(symbol of infinity))
Do they have name for this?
(1/(symbol of infinity))
Do they have name for this?
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A related idea is "indeterminate form".
I think in most systems that have a 1, an "infinity", and division, it can make sense to say that 1 / infinity = 0.
In the setting of ordinary calculus with derivatives and integrals, infinity is kind of a reserved symbol, used only for limits or expressions (like indefinite integrals) related to limits (as some variable increases unboundedly.)
In the setting of ordinary calculus, that might be called an "operation that isn't valid" or "a way to get points deducted from your score" or "wrong" :-)
I don't think the exact process of "dividing one by infinity" has any particular specific name that I ever heard of.
Indeterminate forms usually refer to the things that happen when you are taking a limit and it looks like you have 0/0 or infinity/infinity, and then the thing to do is use L'Hopital's Rule to resolve it. In any limit where it looks like 1/+infinity or 1/-infinity then you would have 0 for the lmit.
I think in most systems that have a 1, an "infinity", and division, it can make sense to say that 1 / infinity = 0.
In the setting of ordinary calculus with derivatives and integrals, infinity is kind of a reserved symbol, used only for limits or expressions (like indefinite integrals) related to limits (as some variable increases unboundedly.)
In the setting of ordinary calculus, that might be called an "operation that isn't valid" or "a way to get points deducted from your score" or "wrong" :-)
I don't think the exact process of "dividing one by infinity" has any particular specific name that I ever heard of.
Indeterminate forms usually refer to the things that happen when you are taking a limit and it looks like you have 0/0 or infinity/infinity, and then the thing to do is use L'Hopital's Rule to resolve it. In any limit where it looks like 1/+infinity or 1/-infinity then you would have 0 for the lmit.
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limit of this tends to 0. actually dividing 1 by a VERY large number, gives u a very small number which tends to 0.
1/(symbol of infinity): so far as I know, it does not have a name as such, but is important for evaluating limit. if a top contributor answers ur question lemme know, coz I may be wrong.
1/(symbol of infinity): so far as I know, it does not have a name as such, but is important for evaluating limit. if a top contributor answers ur question lemme know, coz I may be wrong.