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April 20, 2005

Google Calculator Mathematically Wrong?

I am not a mathematician, so I will basically summarize the argument taking place in a thread at WebmasterWorld named Google caculator 1 / 0 = 0?!. Basically, the thread creator said he did a search in Google for 1 / 0 and received the Google Calculator result that read:

  1 / 0 = 0

The member said, "anything / 0 = undefined" and not = to 0. Others say that zero is close enough. I have no opinion.



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posted rustybrick in Google Search Engine at April 20, 2005 2:30 PM Comments (7)

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It's not all bad. (-1)! produces no results, ln(0) produces no results, and (-1)^.5 gives i. So, it's pretty fair!!!

 

Posted by Elliott Bäck at April 20, 2005 21:04

1/0 = Infinity ... but when we have to answer in numeric values 0 is the best answer ... Why dont you discuss with some real mathematicians at http://www.cvdump.com

 

Posted by CVDump Admin at April 21, 2005 17:13

Why can people make better website then this

 

Posted by Ashton at April 27, 2005 07:38

Another thing, isn't tan (90 degrees) = infinity? The answer the calculator gives is 1.63317787 × 10^16, which perhaps is a large enough number to = to tan 90?

 

Posted by Hutsi Friend at September 8, 2006 04:31

If you query google for 0^0 the answer is 0. I thinks is another wrong answer.

 

Posted by Sebastian Ortiz Vásquez at December 20, 2007 23:21

Well, 1/0 = infinity
Its not close to 0
Its the largest number you can ever imagine. The largest number exiting
Think of it this way, 1/1 = 1
1/0.1 = 10
1/.00001 = 100 000
So as you move towards 0, the result keeps increasing till you get to infinity - the largest number

 

Posted by Ifeanyi Aneke at February 8, 2008 13:48

Google calculator calculates sine and cosine incorrectly. Haven't checked any other function.

 

Posted by Tracey Silagy at June 24, 2008 13:36

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