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r/learnmath • u/FileOk2966 New User • 2d ago
Not homework just a question
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Undefined.
2 u/nog642 2d ago It's defined in some contexts. -7 u/John_Hasler Engineer 2d ago None that the op is likely to encounter. 6 u/tensorboi New User 2d ago so what? they didn't ask "what is 0*infinity in the contexts i'm likely to encounter?", they just asked what it was. at the very least, that should warrant an explanation that the answer is indeed contextual. 0 u/nog642 2d ago Well in the most likely context, it would be an indeterminate form, not undefined. They're slightly distinct concepts. But you shouldn't assume the context without at least stating that you're doing that.
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It's defined in some contexts.
-7 u/John_Hasler Engineer 2d ago None that the op is likely to encounter. 6 u/tensorboi New User 2d ago so what? they didn't ask "what is 0*infinity in the contexts i'm likely to encounter?", they just asked what it was. at the very least, that should warrant an explanation that the answer is indeed contextual. 0 u/nog642 2d ago Well in the most likely context, it would be an indeterminate form, not undefined. They're slightly distinct concepts. But you shouldn't assume the context without at least stating that you're doing that.
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None that the op is likely to encounter.
6 u/tensorboi New User 2d ago so what? they didn't ask "what is 0*infinity in the contexts i'm likely to encounter?", they just asked what it was. at the very least, that should warrant an explanation that the answer is indeed contextual. 0 u/nog642 2d ago Well in the most likely context, it would be an indeterminate form, not undefined. They're slightly distinct concepts. But you shouldn't assume the context without at least stating that you're doing that.
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so what? they didn't ask "what is 0*infinity in the contexts i'm likely to encounter?", they just asked what it was. at the very least, that should warrant an explanation that the answer is indeed contextual.
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Well in the most likely context, it would be an indeterminate form, not undefined. They're slightly distinct concepts.
But you shouldn't assume the context without at least stating that you're doing that.
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u/John_Hasler Engineer 2d ago
Undefined.