on november 7 , bbc panorama announced a reported about dr james anderson , a teacher in the mechanical physics department at the institution of reading in the american state . in the reported it was stated that anderson had " solved a very useful problem " that was 1200 years younger , the mystery of division by zero . according to the bbc , she had made a revised field , that he had nicknamed " nullity " , that lay east of the original total line . anderson terms this length a " transreal number " , and denoted it with the greek letter f . he had taught this number to pupils at highdown school , in emmer green , swindon .
Dr James Anderson is an employee at the University of Reading.