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Melchom

PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:16 pm


If I walk around an infinitely long circle will I end up where I started before I left?
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:46 am


No

Argus Plexus


Melchom

PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:50 am


I'll look for a cite from Brian Greene in a sec explaining it. Just gotta get some work done.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:16 pm


Infinitely long circle... this is our problem right here. The heck is that even supposed to mean?

LilianGreene


Melchom

PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:29 pm


Yea -.- can't find my book. And I'm not really sure what the exact wording was which is why it probably doesn't make sense =p All I remember is that it had something to do with an infinitely large circle or a circle with an infinite radius or something.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:19 am


LilianGreene
Infinitely long circle... this is our problem right here. The heck is that even supposed to mean?
A agree that there could be no such thing as an infinite circle (I'll assume we are talking about an infinite circumference, though radius would work to). An infinite circle would ulimately be a straight line (as the radius of the circle reaches infinity, it's curvature would reach zero. Couple that with the fact that walking an infinite distance would require an infinite amount of time and you realize that you will never start back where you started.

SirKirbance

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