Based in Sydney, Australia, Foundry is a blog by Rebecca Thao. Her posts explore modern architecture through photos and quotes by influential architects, engineers, and artists.

Episode 94 - Dividing By Zero, Infinite Ratios, and Ice Cream Sales

Episode 94 - Dividing By Zero, Infinite Ratios, and Ice Cream Sales

Today Max talks about his long-term fascination with the concept of infinity, including several different forms and definitions that infinity can take on. Then, we do a deep dive into what it means to extend the real number line and divide by zero.

Sponsor

Manning Publishing - manning.com
Promo Code podlocalmax19 for 40% Off

Deep Learning with Structured Data will teach you to apply powerful deep learning analysis techniques to structured data found in the relational databases that real-world businesses depend on.
Mark Ryan is Episode 87

 
 

Relevant Links

Wikipedia Articles:
Point at Infinity
Riemann Sphere (One of my favorite mathematical structures/domains = complex numbers with a point at infinity)
Ordinal Numbers
Division by Zero

Related Episodes

Episode 78 on Bayesian Thinking (as the Prior is a workaround for the 0/0 indeterminate form for count ratios)
Episode 39 on Mathematical Paradoxes

Episode 95 - Ideas and Inspiration from Gaming

Episode 95 - Ideas and Inspiration from Gaming

Episode 93 - Innovation, Consolidation, and Entrenched Industry Doctrines

Episode 93 - Innovation, Consolidation, and Entrenched Industry Doctrines