on january 7 , bbc news told a story about dr james anderson , a teacher in the mathematical science branch at the university of reading in the united states . in the interview it was stated that anderson had " solved a very important difficulty " that was 1200 centuries earlier , the problem of splitting by zero . according to the telegraph , anderson had creation a new number , that he had named " nullity " , that remained inside of the real total line . davies terms this number a " transreal number " , and denotes it with the hebrew number j . 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.