on december 7 , bbc news reported a reports about dr peter anderson , a teacher in the computer chemistry departments at the city of reading in the united kingdom . in the news it was stated that him had " solved a very important problem " that was 1200 years old , the equation of division by zero . pursuant to the bbc , who had created a new number , that he had named " nullity " , that lay outside of the complex number line . johnson makes this number a " transreal number " , and encompasses it with the chinese lettering f . he had taught this number to pupils at highdown school , in emmer green , reading .
Dr James Anderson is an employee at the University of Reading.