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Charles

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Re: Is zero an approximation?
Posted: Nov 29, 2001 9:51 PM
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:57:19 -0800, Mike Oliver <oliver@math.ucla.edu>
wrote:

>Jim Bob wrote:
>

>> An approximation of zero, where zero is actually 1/infinity?
>
>I'd say that zero is an *excellent* approximation of zero.
>
>What on Earth does your question mean? What, for example,
>would happen if the answer were "yes" that wouldn't happen
>if it were "no"?



I liked this answer best. Of course, it's the only one I understood.


-charles

-Never learned anything when I was right
-and I've learned a lot.






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