Let me also remind you that zero, like all of mathematics, is fictional and an idealization. It is impossible to reach absolute zero temperature or to get perfect vacuum. Luckily, mathematics is a fairyland where ideal and fictional objects are possible.

— Doron Zeilberger, Personal Journal of Shalosh B. Ekhad and Doron Zeilberger

Published in the Personal Journal of Shalosh B. Ekhad and Doron Zeilberger.

Topics: mathematics