# Contradictions $\ldots$$\ldots$$\ldots$

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• $\infty \times 0 = ?$

• $Is \ \frac{1}{0} = \infty ?$

• $0^{0} = 1, \ but \ why?$

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Note by Percy Jackson
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Percy, here's my opinion on the value of $\frac{1}{0}$, and here's my general opinions on working with $\infty$ (my comment, not the discussion).

- 7 months, 2 weeks ago

# This is true for all numbers divided by 0, so division by 0 is just undefined......

- 7 months, 3 weeks ago

If $\frac{1}{0}$ "is" $= ∞,$ then we have an answer for $∞ × ,0$ which will be $\boxed{1}$

- 7 months, 3 weeks ago

But we know that $0 \times x$ is always $0$ with any value of $x$.

- 7 months, 3 weeks ago

@Percy Jackson

Only with finite values of $x$

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Yes, that's also true...

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

$x$ is a NUMBER and $\infty$ is NOT a NUMBER $\therefore$ $x$ alway have to be finite

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

And if you are talking about : $\boxed{\lim_{x\to\infty}(x\times 0)}$ then, $\lim_{x\to\infty}x\times 0 = 0$

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

1/0 is undefined because you are basically asking what number times 0 or how many zeroes should you add so that you get 1, even if you add infinite zeroes the answer would be 0.

- 7 months, 3 weeks ago

If $\lim_{n\to 0}n^n=0\cancel{\Rightarrow}0^0=1$

The result will be different if you include complex numbers (something like $\lim_{a\to0}\lim_{b\to0}(a+bi)^{a+bi}$ or $\lim_{a\to0}(a+ai)^{a+ai}$ or $\lim_{a\to0}(ai)^{a}$, etc ).

$\therefore0^0$ is undefined.

Also if $\lim_{x\to a}f(x)=k\cancel{\Rightarrow}f(a)=k$

- 7 months, 2 weeks ago

@Hamza Anushath see this if you don't believe me.

- 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Link Isn't the topic still debatable?

- 7 months, 2 weeks ago

What about this? Assume $\frac{0}{0}$ is undefined. Then $\frac{1}{0} = \infty$, but $0 \times \infty \neq 1$, since to obtain this, we would have to multiply $\frac{1}{0}$ by $0$, resulting in $\frac{0}{0} \times 1$, which would then be undefined.

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

But why $\dfrac{1}{0}$ must be $\infty$?, why not $\red{UNDEFINED}$

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Also $f(x)=\frac{1}{x}$ is discontinuous at $x=0$ so you can't give $f(0)$ any value

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

This is true, but only if we assume that there is both a positive and negative value of infinity. What if we have a single point of infinity where everything ends, similar to $0$, where everything begins. Then we would get the situation I described in this discussion. Please note this is all speculation on my part. Definitely fun to think about!

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Percy, 0^0 is not equal to 1...

- 6 months, 1 week ago

- 5 months ago

Well, I just watched a video by Eddie Woo on $0^{0} = ?$ and he solves the question by using limits. He says that it is undefined, but it seems as if its one, so we have agreed upon that value, until we find a better solution. He shows that $\lim_{x \to 0} x^{x} = 1$ by calculating x^x for decimals and showing that is approaches 1.

- 3 months, 2 weeks ago

$(\lim_{x\to a}f(x)=A)\cancel{\Rightarrow}(f(a)=A)$ $(f(a)=A){\Rightarrow}(\lim_{x\to a}f(x)=A)$

- 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Also you are looking only for Real limits not Complex limits

- 3 months, 2 weeks ago

- 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Haha, nice @Zakir Husain!!!

- 3 months, 2 weeks ago