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Article #6380Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox)
From: jon murray
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 00:00
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Enkidu wrote: > > In article <3359E6C3.5420@nextconnect.com>, jonm@nextconnect.com wrote: > > }Yep, makes sense (and it will give me something other than tax to think > }about as I drift off to sleep tonight), but I can't believe in bigger or > }smaller infinities. I imagine that this makes me a mathematical heathen. snip > history and experience both suggest that > new ideas start out as too bizarre to be credited, and evolve voracity as > they become more and more necessary to problem-solving. Good point - which is why I originally asked if not understanding this would ever cause me any real-life problems (other than appearing clueless to mathematitians). Jon ********* My address has been spam-protected. It's 'netconnect' & I live in Australia (.au) *********
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: 10a148,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a148,public X-Google-Thread: ffd1b,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidffd1b,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public X-Google-Thread: f5d40,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d40,public From: jon murray <jonm@nextconnect.com> Subject: Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox) Date: 1997/04/22 Message-ID: <335BFE65.4293@nextconnect.com> X-Deja-AN: 236440324 References: <858944975.21700@dejanews.com> <E7pGE8.21v@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> <hatunenE7pK18.n1L@netcom.com> <5he5lg$hs8@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> <5heubn$r3v@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <5hhq2q$fr1@usenet.rpi.edu> <5j4pis$3ka$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> <dlawson-1804970653040001@news2.aimnet.com> <Pine.HPP.3.91.970418125337.19713E-100000@pwic045.ks.boeing.com> <5467xk2crt.fsf_-_@puli.cisco.com> <33581A1D.54D2@nextconnect.com> <3358552F.7ECA@greenms.com> <3359E6C3.5420@nextconnect.com> <enkidu-2104971331430001@slip-g-12.ots.utexas.edu> Reply-To: jonm@nextconnect.com Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban