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Re: make 0*Infinity = 0

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• Subject: [mg47280] Re: make 0*Infinity = 0
• From: "Peter Pein" <no at spam.no>
• Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 03:30:27 -0500 (EST)
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Check[0*Infinity, 0, Infinity::indet]
don't use Off[Infinity::indet] with this, or it doesn't work.

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"Daniel Reeves" <dreeves at umich.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I'm really stumped on how to make 0*Infinity evaluate to 0.
> I've tried all the obvious things, like
>  Unprotect[Infinity];
>  Infinity*0 = 0;
> along with all the variations I can think of using UpSet and
> DirectedInfinity[_], etc.
> Alas, 0*Infinity always comes back with Indeterminate.
>
> Thanks!
> Daniel
>
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Check[0*Infinity, 0, Infinity::indet]
don't use Off[Infinity::indet] with this, or it doesn't work.

-- 
Peter Pein, Berlin
StringReplace["petsie at arcand.de",
 Rule@@(ToLowerCase@ToString@Head@#&)/@{William&&S,2b||!2b}]