Re: TIB: Re: Fw: Ponder These
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Re: TIB: Re: Fw: Ponder These
TGaArdvark@aol.com wrote:
> > oo - oo = oo
> >
> > So, once you'd traveled at an infinite velocity for *any* nonzero amount of
> > time, you'd be stuck at an infinite distance from your original position.
> > There'd be no way to get back to a finite distance from your original
> > position, in a finite amount of time, without different technology.
>
> I considered this. We can assume that the distance is not infinant
> though. Let's say that a working extrapolation of infinity is A*x+B
> where x will be used instead of oo. Obviously, without the
> substitution of x for oo, the values of A and B are unknown and
> meaningless. I ingored powers because this problem has no use
> for powers and, therefore, the power of infinity must be 1.
> Here is my work:
>
> distance = velocity * time
> oo = oo * 1
> Using my "A*x+B", A is 1 and B is 0.
> Let's not use distance but instead keep it in my "A*x+B" equation
> whose values I got from distance = velocity * time.
> The equation showing the reverse course would be
> -oo = -oo * 1
> Still keeping it in the x equation (so we can be sure that the
> value of A is one),
> (1 * x + 0) + (1 * -x + 0) = 0. This states that you would be back where
> you started. This is all obviously hyppothetical and I have no real
> mathematical proof. But I don't think a proof would be possible.
um, how did this go from a BASIC list to a discution of physics??
(not that I mind, I'm just wondering)
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