Re: TI-M: Dimensions

To: ti-math@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-M: Dimensions
From: CmdrERT01@aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:54:32 EDT
Reply-To: ti-math@lists.ticalc.org


In a message dated 5/15/2000 9:30:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
nickd@nickd.org writes:

> >Speaking of confusing people, I think this might be a good time to 
introduce
>  >a little theorem a friend of mine came up with.  Disclaimer: It's not 
mine,
>  >don't blame me for it!  It's called the Collins Theorem (duh), and it goes
>  >like this:  Since 1 (or any other non-infinite real number) over infinity 
> is
>  >equal to zero, the universe doesn't exist.  His logic goes thus: since the
>  >universe (by most accounts) is infinite, and empty space exists in the
>  >universe (thus the 1 over infinity), the volume of the universe (or the
>  >density, or whatever) equals zero.  Fun, huh?
>  
>  Density = mass/volume.
>  Since the mass of the universe is infinity and the volume of the universe 
>  is infinity, you have to take the derivative of both the mass and the 
>  volume to find the actual density as x approaches infinity.
>  (God, I love L'Hopital's theorem.)
>  
>  --
>  Nick Disabato <nickd@ticalc.org> <http://nickd.org>
>     News Editor, Featured Programs, Room Service
>     the ticalc.org project - http://www.ticalc.org/

Hey, did I ever say it worked?  (Please note disclaimer)  I only claimed it 
would confuse people.  Success!

Eric Tollefson
Cmdr ERT01@aol.com