TheSmartDude@lemmy.world to ask_math@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square3fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareAfrazzlelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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.