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  • dividing by zero is undefined but not infinity, why is this if its not digital overflow?

    Google says dividing by zero is not infinity however when you divide by something, it is like taking the number you are dividing by away from the original number until you can't do it without making it a negative meaning if you take 0 away from another number it still equals that number and you can take 0 away infinitely but even though you can take 0 away infinitely it is not infinity despite that, could this just be digital overflow on a calculator that presented the Idea that 0/0 is undefined rather than infinity and people took it as fact or is there more to this. This brings the question why is 0*(0/0) undefined when it should be 0 because even infinity multiplied by zero is still zero (anything multiplied by 0 is 0) but this would make sense if it was because of digital overflow, that way it isn't meaningless but instead equals the highest possible number which isn't an achievable number in the terms of dots or lines but instead a value that matches the distance between the edges of space (space continues infinitely).

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