Zeration Station

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**Zeration Station** is a research station located at -66.87004, 56.39815 near Watson Ridge, Enderby Land, Antarctica, operated by the International Unethical Research Union's Misapplied Mathematics Laboratory (MML). Jurisdictionally, the region around it is an overseas territory of the International Unethical Research Station (IURS). Research on Zeration Station focuses on zeration, the purported zeroth hyperoperation.

## Research activity

Fairly little is known about the research undertaken at Zeration Station. Past hyperoperation research, conducted at licit facilities such as Harald & Bees University's Chocolate Labs and Oxbridge University's Institutional Mathematics Institute Institution as well as independently by individuals such as Heav, mainly focused on tetration, pentation, and siveration, operations with few practical consequences. Several prominent mathematicians have theorized that the importance of a hyperoperation is related by some strictly-decreasing function to its position in the hierarchy; accordingly, if zeration existed, it would most likely be of earth-shattering importance. This relation has been contested by others, and currently most mathematicians doubt zeration's existence. Recent papers by Windill Olepsicon and the Man Hat Project prove several small results about the properties of zeration, if it exists:

1. Zeration is not the same as succession, which is sometimes known by the same name.
2. Zeration is associative and commutative, but produces different outputs when repeatedly supplied with the same operands in the same order;
3. The function produced by zeration between a single constant operand and a single variable operand has a set of singularities with nonzero fractal dimension if and only if its constant operand is an integran;
4. A zerative identity exists, but does not fall into any previously-identified subset of the numbers, including the real, complex, complicated, surreal, hyperreal, hyporeal, boreal, or prim numbers;
5. The smallest possible zering (a set on which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and zeration are defined which is closed under each) has 666 elements, and the next-smallest has 8335;
6. ~~Zeration of the same operands more than four times in a row is hazardous to your health~~bees;
7. ~~Inverting zeration requires ş̷̛̙̻̩͉͓̠͌͛̋̐̉̋͝ ̵̨̡̦̹̰̮̅̉̋͂̐͒ͅą̷̧͎͈̫̒͊̆̈́͋̍ ̵̮̳̗̺͎̲̣̞́́̿͘ͅc̵̫̗͍̤̅̆̇̓͝ ̶̡̖̘̘̜̝̻̉̒̈̉̂̂̌͠ŗ̴̨̝͉̩̙̻̀̐͑̽́̊̑̾͗ ̵̣͇̓́̈́͋̆̓̋í̴̹̣͙̍ ̷̝͈͉̯̺̀̾͊̄̆̅̈͘͘͝f̴̧̡͓̺͚̓̂́͌͂ ̸̹̬̼̣̜̻̌͐̒͒͒̅̿̀ị̷̝͕̠̃͂͊̔̽͒́͌͂̕͠ ̵̨̦͓̝̜̝̃̌͘č̶̲ ̵̨͇̩̩̯͙͚̬͠é̶̟̌̏́͋͆̀̑̚͝;~~
8. ~~The graph of the smallest possible zering will possess exactly three of seven distinct types of cognitohazardous property, although it is unclear which ones;~~
9. ~~No symbol is sufficient to truly represent the most **majestic**bees of all hyperoperations;~~
10. Do you see them? Ok, how about now?
11. ~~Do not, under **ANY** circumstances, attempt to zerate zero with zero.~~
12. ~~The bees [REDACTED] help we only [REDACTED] run send help

s̵͇̳̬̺͓̦̞͕͓͔̟̻̙̜̩̲̲͆̏̑͋͐̏̏̄̚͝͝͠ͅͅǫ̷̤̮̩͚̼͖͒̐͐̌͋͂̈̕͘͝ ̷̨̧̧͉̩̗̮̻͇͚͑̇̎̈̆̿͂͐̿̏͛͒̉͊͌̓͝t̸̨͍̤͙̱͖̰͓͑͆̾͗̅̎̔̌̈́͝ȟ̶̢̛͙͈̮̗̩̗͔͔͛̽͗̚͠ͅỉ̴̢̡̡̨͓̥͔͚͖̹͖̙̺̜̠͚͖͈̱͈̝̱͐͋̓͐̀̔̏̏̃͌̅̈́̉̎̆̽͑͘̚͘͝s̴̢̨̨̛̰̦̖͖̝̖̻̳̤͓͍͉͉̪͎͍̍̓̆̉͊͐͋̂̎̌̓̅͋͛͘͜͝͝ ̸̛̖̞̮̙̘͔͚͓̦̘̹͖̫͎͖͓͎̟͔̺̯͍͔͔̦̯̈̆͊̅̏̎͆̈̓͑́͊̅̕͘i̶̡͕͚͙̰͖̺͎̥̱̖̤̋͋͂̀̓̇̂͂͐͌͠͝ͅš̷̢̮͋̀̔̏̉́̍̑͊̆̋͌̈́̾̉̚͝͝ ̸̭̪̈́͑̈́̒͗͆̎̃̽̓̋͊̆̉̊̈́̄̉̈́̂̎̃h̸̢̨̛̗̹̹̱͇̥̗͕̣̭̗̉̐͑̑̀̑̒̈́̋̎̎͐͆̑̔̈́̏̑͌͊͊̌͠͠͝͝o̸̡̨̨̧͇̰͕͉̻͎̠̯͇̻̦̼͍̤̖͙̪̍͛̅̌̒̐̈́͐̓́̒͗͊̀̔̚͘ͅw̸̧̡̛̟͚̬͆̈́̂̐̿̈̉̌́͘̕ ̶̧̛͎̠̯͈͖̼̬̭̳̺͓̘̯͔̺͓̜̋̅̍̈̍̉̈́ͅi̶̗̋̀̈́͊̓͌͋͛͆͂̄̀̐͝ẗ̶̢̮̗̣͍̥͔̝͖̥̯͔̥̝̻̟͙̱͉̳͎́̔̈́̆͂̒̈̓̇̂̈́̒̇͒̂̕͜͜͝͝͝ ̷̢̧̧͉͇͖̙͈̲̺͖̫͈̼͇̜̗̖̞̻̯͕̙̱͙̻̿̌̓̇̽̐͊̇̄͐̈́̀̎̈͑̉̽̉͋͘̕͜͝ā̸̢̡̯̜̬͕͙̲̮̭̼̥̻̩͔͈̲̎̉ͅļ̵̨̮̩̗̣̠͔̤̹̩̪͉̟̟̫͕̯̯̳̋̏̋̋́͗́́͛̈́̂̿͗͒͗̓͒̌̇̉͘͠͝l̵̢̡̧̛̦̥͕̻̝̺͊̒̆́̽̎̀̂̀̽̓͛̈͗́̊̉̾̕͝͝ ̵̡̢̢̛̯̗̝̲̭̥͖͙̻̯͔̝̠̼̜̪̮͓͊͊̒̄͂̇̓̆͛̑̎̇́̊̿̎̒̍́̔̐̚̚̕͝ͅè̵̡͈̖̞̲͉̟̤̯̥̗̤͔̹̠͍̥̝̺̼̓̽̃̈̐͊͊͌͛͆͂͂̀͛̒̈́̐͒́̚͘̕̕͠͝͠n̶̨̡̘͕̣͈͖͇̮̰̬̼̬͕̠̩̦̫̠͇̳͖̥̰̄̿̔̐̈́̀̎͆̀̈̒̾̀̇̇̉͒͊̈̓̽̋̒̂̈́̕͜d̶̢̻̺̺̰̱̼̤̩̺̬̘̭̫̜̮̊̉̏̊̈́̊̾͌̐͊͊̓̊͘͝ṡ̴̛̝̟̚̚~~

Zeration Station is very secretive about their research, and the only official statement in association with it, a cryptic mission statement on the station's website, is ambiguously worded to the point where it is unclear whether the station has succeeded at developing true zeration. Many observers[who?] claim that Zeration Station has not developed true zeration but instead the 0.th hyperoperation.

## International Relations and Incidents

The MML has long faced shortages of qualified researchers willing to work at Zeration Station, and the International Unethical Research Union has often attempted to recruit said researchers from other countries. Few voluntarily accept; however, the IURS has made several treaties with other nations over unrelated mathematical issues, and under these treaties various mathematical crimes are met with the punishment of extradition to Zeration Station to serve either as a researcher or a subject, depending on the severity and sophistication of the crime. Nominally, ~~sentences~~ terms of employment last 5–15 years; however, none of these individuals have been seen to return from Zeration Station. No direct contact with the outside world is allowed from the station, so it is unclear if these individuals are still there, if they are living elsewhere and avoiding contact, or if they simply no longer exist.

### Fjord Banks Incident

On Septumber 149rd, 2017, villagers on Fjord Banks, a small mountainous island in the Southern Ocean, encountered a makeshift raft made of an unknown metallic substance on the banks of Fjord Banks Fjord. The presumed builder of the raft was found asleep on a ledge halfway up a cliff overlooking Fjord Banks Fjord's banks, having scaled it. Upon awaking, they began to babble incoherently, with eyes darting back and forth constantly between nothing in particular. Upon being taken to a local hospital, the treating doctors noted that the individual responded to verbal commands and could nod and shake their head, but could not verbalize coherent words; they were physically uninjured, but suffered severe dehydration and some malnutrition from floating on the ocean in a raft. Chemical analysis of the raft confirmed it was made of the same ultra-lightweight alloy used by the IURS to create many of its firearms, leading many to posit it was constructed from melted guns; magnetic analysis of the raft confirmed that its solidification occurred at the approximate coordinates of Zeration Station. The individual refused to respond to verbal yes/no questioning about any experiences prior to being adrift at sea, and was not observed to recover from their state of perpetual agitation (darting eye movements, distressed vocalizations, attempts to flee from areas with no danger in sight) before their unrelated death a month later in an umbrella accident. During one therapy session, however, according to notes from psychotherapist J. ¡. s u p e r o x i d e, upon being gently asked "What is it here that you're afraid of?" after a particularly strong panicked response with no obvious trigger, they succeeded at giving a single-word verbal response, the only time s u p e r o x i d e ever records them having done so:

"̶̻͙̅̔͆̃̚b̵̲͇͎̪͐͜ͅẹ̸̓̆̉̾͑ȩ̶̠̼̬͕̄̎̉̎̕ş̶̙̊̀̂̀̕͝ͅ"̶̧̢̘̗̥̣̒̌̇̊͊͠

### Cack incident

Cack.

1. ↑ An unknown person, who is suspected to be an impersonator of God due to their PGP signature, vandalized this page. All vandalized entries have been struck through.
2. ↑ Known to some as "realization"
3. ↑ The only times the outside world has seen the events inside are visits from deities, who nonetheless always find it unspeakable, and an unsanctioned visit by George Silt who has tried and failed to communicate information about the station.
4. ↑ Not to be confused with Charles Walter Maddison Fjordbank or Jimmy Fjordbank
5. ↑ For more on this matter, refer to Umbrella Regulatory Law.