A Question of Soul-splitting

[hp_fan55]

No: HPFGUIDX 141565

Having read HBP a number of times, a question that arises in my mind 
is on LV's splitting of his soul. One would think that as the soul was 
split it would be divided by half. So after the first split, one half 
of the soul would be placed into a horcrux. Thus the remaining half 
soul would be split again resulting in two halves of the half soul in 
which one half would be placed in the next horcrux. Should LV 
successfully split his soul upon the sixth try (the seventh split 
remaining within himself)the the question becomes "Of how much value 
is each split and is it of the same quality as the first split?" I 
bring this up to also point out that the possibility of the horcruxes 
so far encountered may have a bearing on the strength of the retrival 
of each horcrux. 

I realize that those of you with great knowledge will say that the 
ring horcrux was not LV's first encounter with developing a horcrux 
because he openly wore the ring the night he asked Slughorn about the 
subject but could he have decided to use it after getting all the 
information he could about the subject?

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