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To: phantomworker
"Why" is like infinity: we may get close to it, but never reach its end.

That is so cool... It explains why 1 + 1 does not always equal 2. (Limit theorems)

And Zeno's paradox.

Mark

166 posted on 11/09/2005 10:18:20 AM PST by MarkL (I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
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To: MarkL

Infinity and Zeno's paradox is what hooked me on going to grad school in math. Stupid move, but it was fun.


167 posted on 11/09/2005 10:26:53 AM PST by phantomworker (All roads lead back to Rome. Boldness has genius, power &magic in it..Begin your dissertation now!!)
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