Indeterminate Forms and the Case of 0/0: Redefining Ratios, Limits, and Mathematical Paradoxes
Abstract The mathematical abstraction of indeterminate forms, especially zero divided by zero (0/0), has always been a problem for pure mathematics and applied computational physics. This paper aims to review the theoretical and computational approaches that have been developed to address the 0/0 indeterminate form in algebraic terrain, in multivariable calculus and in complex quantum fields. We present a novel framework, the Analytical Ratio Resolution Framework (ARRF), for the combination of generalized limit techniques and the latest regularization techniques from theoretical physics. In a mathematically rigorous manner, we show how it is possible to resolve mathematical paradoxes and avoid the algorithmic exceptions in dynamical systems by assigning a well-defined limit value to 0/0. Finally, a systematic method of the limit evaluation for zero-division is formulated and implications of mechanized computational verification, fluid dynamics and quantum field modelli...