/sci/ - Out of the box thinking.

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:07

If A is 15cm away form a wall, and moves by dividends of 2, etc it would move 7cm, then 3.5, then 1.75, then 0.875, etc. Will it ever reach the wall? Before you answer "no" think about it.

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:14 (sage)

15/2 = 7? gtfo

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:32

No. It gets closer and closer to the wall, but will never reach it.

lim(x->inf)15/2x = 0

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:49

>>3 beat me to it.

Asymptotes.

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 17:56

DEPENDS IF A IS A POINT OR A DIMENTIONAL OBJECT AND WHETHER YOURE MEASURING FROM THE CENTER OF SAID OBJECT OR THE POINT ON SAID OBJECT CLOSEST TO THE WALL

ALSO WORTH CONSIDERING IS WHETHER THE UNIVERSE IS DENSE. OR IF SUCH A QUESTION IS PRACTICAL IN REALITY.

Name: 4tran 2007-02-02 1:24

no, because it asymptotes to 14cm

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 3:16

DID U MAEK THIS ONE UP?

COS /SCI/ HAS NEVER SEEN IT B4

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 7:22

>>1
Dividends?

>>7
wut he sed

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 9:45

WTF, is this some gay version of zeno's paradox? This isn't new or thought provoking in the least, sorry man, but i think we've all seen it before.

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 11:40

Man, Zeno did it like 3000 years ago. Just read this and STFU.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno's_paradoxes#Proposed_solutions_to_the_arrow_paradox

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 21:26

You know, if the time it takes to move 1 dividend is constant, then A will never reach the wall. Unless you take into account whether space is quantized and shit like that.

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 23:31

>>11
nice summary, well aimed at the 4chan audience

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 23:50

>>11
What the fuck is a dividend?

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-03 9:01

>>13
I was following >>1's usage of the word. If you have 15cm, a dividend is when you move to 7.5cm. If you have 7.5cm, a dividend is when you move to 3.75cm. I don't know what else to call it.

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-04 2:59

>>14
A step or an iteration. I wasn't blaming you or anything - >>1 is far and away the main and possibly sole source of fail ITT.

Name: Anonymous 2007-02-04 3:15

>>10
Zeno is the earliest known math troll

Out of the box thinking.

1 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:07

2 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:14 (sage)

3 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:32

4 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 16:49

5 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-01 17:56

6 Name: 4tran 2007-02-02 1:24

7 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 3:16

8 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 7:22

9 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 9:45

10 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 11:40

11 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 21:26

12 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 23:31

13 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-02 23:50

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16 Name: Anonymous 2007-02-04 3:15