Division by zero is a mathematical challenging concept: see what happens when you try it on a mechanical calculator [📹 Impaler The Vlad]

A black hole is where God tried to divide by zero.

maybe if you wait long enough, the machine will stop with infinite as answer, infinite damage.

Division is just a rapid form of repeated subtraction until you reach a target. But subtracting zero over an over? Not getting anywhere.

When a mechanical calculator attempts to divide by zero, it enters an infinite loop. Because the machine performs division by repeated subtraction, it tries to subtract zero from the dividend indefinitely, causing the internal gears to spin uncontrollably until stopped manually

Mechanical calculators hit a wall with division by zero because gears can't handle infinity. The endless crank just spins the mechanism into overload, a reminder that early computing enforced math limits through brute physics, not code errors.

What will happen

That's not a calculator anymore, that's a drum machine.

😆 looks like cheat code activated

This is why your computer won't do it.

mechanical calculator went full degen.

"I accidently divided by zero, boss..I'll be back in an hour" lol