A computer scientist in Reading has solved the problem of how to divide by zero. Dr. James Anderson did this by defining a new type of value, named "nullity", which sits outside the conventional number line. The Nobel committee will, I imagine, be in touch shortly.

Posted by: arthur | | Fri Dec 8 00:57:51 2006

A Nobel committee... for Mathematics?

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