Let's think about it from a simplistic point of view. What does it mean to multiply? If I have 3 times 2, that could mean three groups of two, for a total of six. Multiplication is repeated addition in that sense. You can multiply by zero because that means you have zero groups, and thus a total of zero.

But what about dividing by zero? If you represents the slices of a pizza into a fraction, then 4/8 means you have four of the eight pieces. What would 4/0 mean? That you have 4 of the zero pieces? Imagine dividing up 6 dollars among 3 people. Each person would have 6/3, or 2 dollars. But now divide 6 dollars by 0 people. How much does each person get? It doesn't make sense, because there aren't any people to divide the money among! That's why division by zero is undefined. When you divide by zero the answer isn't zero, or infinity, or negative infinity. It's undefined. As in... it doesn't make sense.

The folks at mathforum.org actually put together a nice list of some questions and answers aboutdividing by zero, and some nice ways of visualizing it in your mind. Check it out to convince yourself that division by zero is undefined.

مواضيع ذات صلة

Zero Set

Xi-Function

Weierstrass Product Theorem

Tangent

Tanc Function

Simple Root

Separation Theorem

Rouché,s Theorem

Root Linear Coefficient Theorem

Root

Multiplicity

Multiple Root