To: Heartlander
Draw your one wonder object and then tell me why it is a circle, square, triangle, polygon, etc
No need to draw anything (besides, in Math, drawings aren't proof.)
I've already pointed out that my degenerate square/circle satisfies the definitions previously provided. That's why it's a square,.... and a circle.
The disproof of my assertion would be to show how my degenerate square/circle violates the definitions. But there's no way to do it, because the definitions do NOT prohibit zero-length sides/radii.
To: longshadow
The sun sets on the tree, thus casting a longshadow.
To: longshadow
Does your square have a radius? Does your circle have four equal sides?
Why do you continue
it is POINT-less!
To: longshadow
Maybe the point is supposed to be a metaphor for a fertilized egg. Unless we read the DNA of the egg we have no way of knowing what it is going to differentiate itself to become. In the same way, unless we read the equation of the geometric shape, we have no way of knowing whether the point is going to grow up to be a baby circle or a baby square. Until then it's just a point.
936 posted on
05/24/2002 4:59:21 PM PDT by
ganesha
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