TheSmartDude@lemmy.world to ask_math@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIf a rational number is a number that can be represented in a fraction that comprises of 2 rational numbers, then shouldn't numbers like 1/0, 2/0, etc, be rational numbers as well?message-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf a rational number is a number that can be represented in a fraction that comprises of 2 rational numbers, then shouldn't numbers like 1/0, 2/0, etc, be rational numbers as well?TheSmartDude@lemmy.world to ask_math@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareAfrazzle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoA rational is a number that can be represented as a quotient with integer numerator and non-zero integer denominator. So x/0 is not rational.
A rational is a number that can be represented as a quotient with integer numerator and non-zero integer denominator. So x/0 is not rational.