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Circular Number Line

Number theory to handle division by zero
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The two-sided limit as the denominator approaches zero does not exist in conventional mathematics. I propose a circular number line of infinite radius. As one spins around to the other side, positive infinity is blended into negative infinity.
kevinthenerd, Jun 10 2008

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       I love it, but you can't blend at infinity until you can count to it...
Voice, Jun 10 2008
  

       So, basically an infinity juicer? I don't get it.
daseva, Jun 10 2008
  

       This is called the real projective line, the special case of projective space over the real numbers in one dimension. It dates back to the 1600s and the work of Desargues.
CRGreathouse, Sep 01 2009
  

       [Zen] Pretty sure that would generate a perfect normal distribution.
MechE, Sep 01 2009
  
      
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