eli5: Why haven’t mathematicians invented a symbol for x/0 like they have pi and imaginary numbers?

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eli5: Why haven’t mathematicians invented a symbol for x/0 like they have pi and imaginary numbers?

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They have. “∞” specifically in the context of [the projectively extended real line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectively_extended_real_line) is one example. You just hear about it less because there’s not as much interesting stuff to do with it.

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