Wandering through the annals.

Dec 05, 2005 05:14

Franz Kafka leaves a lot to be desired...

Why is it that they never publish honest science fiction in literary workbooks?

If, when two scalar waves of same character interact at a complementary angle the release of energy is on average three standard orders of deviation higher than the energy contained in the waves themselves, where does that ( Read more... )

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nightcity December 5 2005, 23:41:35 UTC
What is the limit as x approaches zero of (f(x+h)-f(x))/h when h approaches zero as well, having the value of delta-x? In other words, what is the difference between .9... and 1? IS there any difference?

You sure you deviated from arts to sciences? XD I thought the difference was essentially theoretical... if those 9s, theoretically, go on "forever", the difference is infinitely small- but still exists, because (by definition) it never reaches zero. So the problem lies in the fact that we can't measure infinity. Or something.

So I dunno how you'd go about "refining the approximation of the integral into exact answers". What's "exact"? (Sorry, I compensate for never having done Spec. Maths by taking a poststructuralist approach to mathematics. :P)

Antiphotons are much like antirice, I suspect. Or antimarriage?

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wirelinejunkie December 6 2005, 00:26:03 UTC
The difference IS essentially theoretical, and the same difference as in the integrals problem. There is always an infinitely small margin of error in the math.

Yes, yes they are.

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