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    remainder of division by zero and infinity??

    I know the division of a/(+-inf) = 0, and the division of a/0 = undefined, but what's the remainder? Can't find it anywhere!

    Thanks for your help!

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    remainder of division by zero and infinity??

    a/inf is = 0 (at least my professor says that)
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    remainder of division by zero and infinity??

    That's what I understand But what about the remainder?

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    remainder of division by zero and infinity??

    Undefined?
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    remainder of division by zero and infinity??

    I wondered whether I would say this, but I just can't be silent since i'm studying mathematics x)

    In real number area there are no such numbers as "+inf" or "-inf", so therefore you can't divide a (let a be any real number) by "infinity"

    What you are referring is, if you take function f(x)=a/x and take limit what happens, when you increase "x towards infinity" to the value of function, and you say:

    a/x -> 0 when x -> oo.

    Which is to be read a/x convergences towards zero, when x grows limitlessly.

    And a/0 is not defined and it doesn't have a remainder..

    btw if you take what happens when you have the same function f(x)=a/x and let x go towards zero from left side and you get

    a/x -> oo, when x-> 0-

    so when x go towards zero from left f(x) grows limitlessly.

    Hope this helps.
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    remainder of division by zero and infinity??

    Thanks Rahakasvi. So it seems the remainder is equal to the quotient in both cases, that would confirm my suspects.

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