In javascript division by zero will result to a value called infinity( or -infinity). Also, any arithmetic operation on infinity with a real number will result to infinity. I would like to know how is infinity value, and the functions that operate over it have been implemented.
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3[Read about IEEE 754 floating point.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_floating_point) – Pointy Nov 24 '13 at 21:56
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"any arithmetic operation on infinity with a real number will result to infinity" - false. You clearly haven't tried `Infinity * 0` ;) – Niet the Dark Absol Nov 24 '13 at 21:57
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Infinity is 1.7976931348623157E+308 in Javascript, which is a number that exceeds the upper limit of the floating point numbers. There is also -Infinity, which is a number that exceeds the lower limirt of the floating point numbers (-1.7976931348623157E+10308).
Scientific notation, didn't want to exceed the char limit ;)
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