[sage-devel] Re: 1/0 is somewhat inconsistent

2008-10-12 Thread rjf
They say that everyone is entitled to an opinion. At least in the election off-years. consider how to evaluate 3+ 4/(5+1/0).Would you say that was equal to 3, or would you make the system barf? RJF On Oct 10, 10:11 am, Burcin Erocal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:11:04

[sage-devel] Re: 1/0 is somewhat inconsistent

2008-10-10 Thread Burcin Erocal
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:11:04 +1100 "Alex Ghitza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following looks ok (see comments below, however): > > sage: 1/RR(0) > +infinity > sage: RR(0)^(-1) > +infinity > > But how about this? > > sage: 1/CC(0) > NaN - NaN*I > sage: CC(0)^(-1) > ZeroDivisionError... >