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Any finite value when multiplied by zero, results in zero - unlike any other multiplication with real numbers it is a lossy operation and cannot be reversed.

Taking division as an anti-function of multiplication, 0/0 could mean any value - positive, negative, finite, infinite, infinitessimal or zero itself.

For all other numerators the value of x/0 goes beyond not having a single defined result - there simply is no value 'y' such that y * 0 = x and there is no meaning whatsoever to be drawn.



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