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)
You must be new... :) 1 of 5 messages aren't BASIC... :)