Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))`

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Subject	Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))`
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Perhaps you are thinking of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, which
> states that every positive integer except 1 can be uniquely factorized into
> a product of one or more primes?
>
> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FundamentalTheoremofArithmetic.html
>
> But that doesn't apply to infinity, which isn't an integer.

May have been that, or maybe was something different altogether. I was
trying to relocate the info I'd been reading (ages ago), but without
success. To be honest, I was hoping someone else would do the "Of
course, I know what you mean" part for me :) But it's ended up more
like the Goon Show: "How do you intend tipping Mount Everest on its
side?" "Well, isn't it obvious?" with no result forthcoming. Sorry for
the noise!

Infinities are plenty weird, just this one specific weirdness wasn't right.

ChrisA

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Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 14:40 -0700
  Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-09-16 21:12 -0400
    Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 07:55 -0700
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:10 +1000
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 08:16 -0700
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:29 +1000
            Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 09:33 -0700
              Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 02:37 +1000
              Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 13:11 +1000
                Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:43 -0700
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 09:34 -0600
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:40 +1000
            Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 12:50 +1000
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 10:12 -0600
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 10:30 -0600
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 12:03 -0600
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 07:37 +1000
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 13:29 +1000
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 13:47 +1000
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-09-17 19:23 -0400
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 00:51 -0600
  Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 09:35 -0600
  Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-17 23:22 -0700
    Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-18 09:45 +0300
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-18 00:13 -0700
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 19:25 +1000
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-18 05:57 -0700
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-18 14:33 +0000
    Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` chris.barker@noaa.gov - 2014-09-18 09:35 -0700
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 11:05 -0600
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-18 23:48 -0700

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