Re: [NTLK] Newton Calc bug?

From: Andy Galluzzi (agalluzzi_at_gmx.net)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 08:55:45 PDT


Too many apples for a mathematical genius. Isn't it ironical? This
remember me the case when newton ask a carpenter to make two holes in
the door: one for a big cat and another for the small one. Do you know
Newton born the same day Galileo dies? Sure this is another case of the
"genius bug"... hahaha..

Andy.-

Tyler Smith escribió:

>>Errr, you cannot divide a number by zero. It is undefined. (Not in
>>Newton Calc, but in maths in general!)
>>
>>Also the square root of -1 does not exist. It is not a real number.
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> This is correct.
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>>So Newton calc has no bug there.
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> This is incorrect. Giving the answer "zero" to 10/0 might work fine
> for a one-step calculation of 10/0-you just know that 10/0=0 means
> "undefined". Suppose you typed in 10/0+5. Order of operations reduces
> it to 0+5=5, which is simply not true. Giving "zero" instead of
> "undefined" IS a bug.
>
> Tyler

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