Thursday, October 7, 2010

Mathematical Poetry

Worked Up                                                                                                                                 Nothing                                                                                   
                                                                                              My calculatrice reads ERROR.
                                                                                                       Input: 8 ÷ 0 = ERROR
                                                                                              Input: 137 ÷ 0 = ERROR
                                                                                     Input: 49 436 ÷ 0 = ERROR
                                                                            Input: anything ÷ 0 = ERROR 
What is the meaning of this error?
Zero groups of eight are zero
But split eight into zero and ERROR!
How can eight be split into zero groups?

An algebraic absurdity
Spurious proofs
An operation of derangement
Infinite possibilities

Division by zero
?

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