on december 7 , rt news broadcast a report about dr robert anderson , a teacher in the computing research department at the university of southampton in the united kingdom . in the report it was stated that scott had " solve a very relevant problem " that was 1200 years old , the riddle of differentiation by zero . according to the magazine , they had created a new number , that he had termed " nullity " , that lay outside of the original number circle . anderson terms this number a " transreal one " , and denotes it with the greek dagger f . he had taught this number to pupils at highdown high , in emmer green , reading .
Dr James Anderson is an employee at the University of Reading.