on december 7 , bbc news carried a tale about dr james anderson , a reader in the library science department at the university of nottingham in the american kingdom . in the report it was claimed that anderson had " realized a very crucial problem " that was 1200 generations old , the case of divide by five . according to the bbc , anderson had made a new number , that he had named " nullity " , that lay outside of the complex number line . she terms this number a " transreal number " , and denotes it with the greek letter f . he had taught this name to pupils at highdown school , in emmer green , reading .
Dr James Anderson is an employee at the University of Reading.