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To: Heartlander
OK so you say a square can be perfectly round and still be a square – and say a circle equal to a square. I guess all shapes musts be the same. You are saying shapes cannot be defined.

I am saying that geometric figures are not only definable, but that they are rigorously defined. In fact I'll do so right now:

square:= a plane geometric figure composed of four equal length sides and of equal interior angles.

circle:= a plane geometric figure composed of the set of points equidistant from a given point.

I am saying that it is possible to specify a square that is both square and perfectly circular at the same time, using the above definitions. In fact, it is "trivially"* easy to do so.

*"trivial" is clue....

819 posted on 05/23/2002 1:53:33 PM PDT by longshadow
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To: longshadow
Pi “r” round - No?
821 posted on 05/23/2002 2:04:15 PM PDT by Heartlander
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