What’s stopping mathematicians from defining a number for 1 ÷ 0, like what they did with √-1?

Question

What’s stopping mathematicians from defining a number for 1 ÷ 0, like what they did with √-1?

In: Mathematics

Answer 1

because it causes contradictions and mathematicians don’t want people to realize that their system is flawed.

as it turns out 0 isnt actually a number.