Does dividing by zero really create black holes?

[Thar]

I've been wondering why this whole "dividing by zero" thing was always intimidating. Granted, people don't like math as it is, but I've been thinking about this for a while.

 

Approaching this problem, we're faced with simple division, or fractions depending on how you wanna look at it.

 

3 divided by 3 equals 1, which means if we have 3 apples. So if we divide those three apples into 3 groups, we'd have 3 groups of 1.

 

Now if we were given 1 divided by 3, we'd see one apple being separated into 3 groups of itself. In that case, we'd cut it up into equal slices of 3 (which is physically impossible, cause the real world is a clusterfuck of forces and lack of exact precision) and we'd have 3 groups of one-third.

 

So given that anything divided by a positive number equals said number resulting in groups of less amounts than itself, let's look at it from another angle:

 

1 divided by half equals 2.

 

Seems confusing at first, but math has a structure that can be perfectly approached from the opposite end. With that, if we divide 1 by 2, we'd have 2 groups of half of one.

 

And that's where the mindfuck starts...

 

If we were to divide 1 by half of 1, we'd have to separate it into half a group of 1, which means in order to put a single entity into groups of a lesser version of itself, we have to look at it as each part of it as another version of itself, making 2 groups that represent 2 parts of 1.

 

Now to jump straight to the mind-blowing question at hand...

 

the smaller the fraction of 1 that we divide 1 by, the greater number of groups we end up with that represent 1. But no matter how small that fraction gets, there's still a finite result that comes up.

 

So then we finally put zero into the equation.

 

OMG BLACK HOLES CRACKS IN THE UNIVERSE WE'RE ALL GONNA BE WIPED FROM EXISTENCE AHHHHH

 

No, not exactly. In fact, it's the opposite, cause we're dealing with fractions here.

 

Think about it... what I just mentioned as far as how much less than 1 the denominator is, the bigger the result ends up being.

 

If the denominator represents the opposite version of itself with 1 being divided, that could only mean one thing...

 

Zero represents nothing, which means it being divided from 1 means everything.

 

Guys, you realize that there's a term for this, right?

 

Infinity.

 

One divided by zero equals infinity.

 

Hell, now that you think about it, infinity is literally endless, which means that any number means squat when putting infinity as a result.

 

In other words, dividing anything by zero results in infinity.

 

Now for the kicker... people said this equation caused black holes and rips in the universe or whatever... it's funny, cause those things are usually results of negative space sucking in the universe around it, meaning that there are traces of nothingness that make it.

 

But here's the thing, since dividing by zero results in infinity, it's actually the opposite that happens in that circumstance. Instead of the universe being sucked into a hole, it's actually being blown outward by a force of endless existence.

 

So in conclusion, anyone who has divided by zero has actually created big bangs one after another. Could that mean the creation of the universe was the result of nothingness rejecting itself and becoming everything?

 

:O

[Tinkerer]

Har har, you said "but"

 

:3

[Dova]

Sounds nice in theory, but if you ask the question "How much of nothing is in something", it's just illogical.

 

Your explanation really makes sense if you don't think about it that way, though.

[Zauls]

I'm not sure I follow. You seem to be suggesting that the beginning of the universe was "nothingness dividing itself by nothing and becoming an infinite universe" which makes sense as a mathematical model, but maths is just a language we use to describe the universe. Maths is an abstract concept and performing a calculation has no physical effect on the universe. There is no physical action of "dividing by zero", it's merely something humans can think. Things happen in the universe because of the interactions between matter, energy and forces, not because calculations are performed.

 

I may be completely misinterpreting this, though, so tell me if I sound like an idiot.

[Ire]

God divided by zero by inadvertance, then the Universe was born ! That's why your math teachers are telling you not to divide by zero : it could be dangerous...

I've heard of someone who did so and finished lonely, locked in a parallel universe. So I have only one thing to say : BE CAREFUL, you are exploring the very obscure and dangerous depths of our world.

You've been warned...

⧩

[Thar]

I'm not sure I follow. You seem to be suggesting that the beginning of the universe was "nothingness dividing itself by nothing and becoming an infinite universe" which makes sense as a mathematical model, but maths is just a language we use to describe the universe. Maths is an abstract concept and performing a calculation has no physical effect on the universe. There is no physical action of "dividing by zero", it's merely something humans can think. Things happen in the universe because of the interactions between matter, energy and forces, not because calculations are performed.

 

I may be completely misinterpreting this, though, so tell me if I sound like an idiot.

 

You do, but for all the right reasons, cause the meme in its own rite is dank as funk.

 

I'm not trying to be an astrological genius or anything, I'm just putting too much effort into proving a meme wrong by using dumb excuses for mathematical theories.

[Aix]

It depends on where you're from. Some say dividing by zero is simply undefined, that's what I was taught in school. My parents seemed to have learned in China that dividing by zero results in infinity, which is what I had thought before I was simply told it's undefined. However, it makes no real difference.