JonnyMcA Wrote:
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> take the tan of 90 degrees and you
> receive an error, because tan 90 = infinity. this
> is because the sin of 90 degrees = 1 but cos90 =
> 0, and 1/0 = infinity.
Actually, 1/0 is "undefined", not "infinity".
Philosophically speaking it is asking how many nothings are in a something. Technically, if it is a pure something, then there are no nothings in it. If a nothing takes up no space, then there is room for an infinite number of nothings in a something.
Hence, the answer to that equation is, actually, undefined.
Doesn't change any of the facts of your post, but it is a bit of mathematical lore that should be communicated accurately.
Anthony
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