on december 7 , rte news broadcast a story about dr james anderson , a teacher in the computer sciences section at the university of reading in the united kingdom . in the reported it was stated that james had " uncovered a very vital problem " that was 1200 generations later , the problems of division by zero . similarly to the bbc , anderson had created a second number , that he had named " nullity " , that lay south of the real number line . one calls this position a " transreal digit " , and describes it with the greek symbol f . he had taught this number to pupils at highdown schools , in emmer hill , reading .
Dr James Anderson is an employee at the University of Reading.