Infinitely small?

[Dayvo]

All you need to do is keep dividing by 2. You can go on for ever but you'll never get to zero.

Well done, Ian H!

Those above 22 words, in my insignificant opinion, is a very good, nay, the best answer to the thread's question!

Even I understood it!

 

[Ian H]

Well done, Ian H!

Those above 22 words, in my insignificant opinion, is a very good, nay, the best answer to the thread's question!

Even I understood it!

I'm embarrassed now.

 

[Noodley]

All you need to do is keep dividing by 2. You can go on for ever but you'll never get to zero.

What if you start with zero?

 

[Ian H]

What if you start with zero?

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To evade the question, we're talking about something (infinitely) small, not nothing.

But surely zero can't change whether you divide it, or multiply it, or whatever. (this rule might not apply in advanced economics).