The ultimate Question of the Day ... just what IS Infinity, anyway?
Feb 16, 2018 22:43:44 #
djmills wrote:
I'm amazed I remember anything from high school, but that definition stuck with me. Another: infinity is when Pi comes out to an even (or final) number. No luck on that yet.
DJ - I don't remember a lot from high school either, (except that my Junior year was the best four years I ever had) but I also like the Pi definition. By the way, I heard that *they* - whoever *they* are - just ran Pi out to some god-awful bazillion numbers to the n-th power and still did not find a conclusion to the number. Probably ruined a good computer trying to find the answer.
Feb 16, 2018 22:45:44 #
Chris T wrote:
This one's as likely to have as many different answers, as there are - interpretations .... 
An automobile!
Feb 17, 2018 01:49:54 #
Bridges wrote:
An automobile!
Oh, right, Bridges ... here we are - six pages after the initiation of this one ... and finally - you cite the Nissan Luxury Car!
I saw it coming, too ... just surprised it took so long to get here ...
But, then - when it started out - two days ago ... it was in Main Photography Discussions ....
Now, it's been moved to - General Chit-Chat ... for whatever reasons ... I guess it's more ripe for cracks of this sort ...
Thanks for your input ... may the tides and misfortunes of that great Auto company - come and bite you in the ass ....
Feb 17, 2018 01:54:28 #
djmills wrote:
I'm amazed I remember anything from high school, but that definition stuck with me. Another: infinity is when Pi comes out to an even (or final) number. No luck on that yet.
π can never EVER come out to be an even number, DJ ... no matter how many computers you go through trying to make that happen ....
Feb 17, 2018 01:59:13 #
TonyBot wrote:
DJ - I don't remember a lot from high school either, (except that my Junior year was the best four years I ever had) but I also like the Pi definition. By the way, I heard that *they* - whoever *they* are - just ran Pi out to some god-awful bazillion numbers to the n-th power and still did not find a conclusion to the number. Probably ruined a good computer trying to find the answer.
Tony ... you had to do over your Junior Year three times, huh?
Sounds vaguely familiar .... Chemistry and Calculus were never my strong suits either ....
Oh, btw, Tony .... π can never EVER come out to be an even number ... no matter how many computers you go through trying to make that happen ....
Feb 17, 2018 02:00:39 #
If Pi is infinite, wouldn't the circumferences and diameters of any circle, regardless how large or small the circle, be infinite?
Feb 17, 2018 02:09:55 #
RolandDieter wrote:
If Pi is infinite, wouldn't the circumferences and diameters of any circle, regardless how large or small the circle, be infinite?
Roland .... I fail to see what the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle has to do with the size of any given circle ....
π IS infinite .... but a circle's size can be given as a number, or it can be cited in reference to an existent object ... i.e. a quarter, a watch battery ... a 16" tyre, etc.
Feb 17, 2018 12:15:23 #
Regardless of how pi comes out, it has better be Dutch Apple.
djmills wrote:
I'm amazed I remember anything from high school, but that definition stuck with me. Another: infinity is when Pi comes out to an even (or final) number. No luck on that yet.
Feb 17, 2018 13:14:31 #
John_F wrote:
Regardless of how pi comes out, it has better be Dutch Apple.
Now, just after I got used to you citing formulas from an Algebra or Geometry book ... now you come at me with a comment about Dutch Apple Pi ....
Can't win with you, John ... can I?
Feb 17, 2018 17:04:49 #
bellgamin
Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
John_F wrote:
No, just wear an aluminum foil helmet like the rest of us Klingons. 😈One of Einstein's concepts was that space is curved and that had something to do with gravitational waves. ... ... Should I hold my breath so they won't focus on my noggin.
Feb 17, 2018 18:13:24 #
TonyBot wrote:
Chris - doppleganger is a very good way of describ... (show quote)
Tony ... I have enough of a time dealing with three dimensions ... now, you're telling me to accept ten .... !!!!
If all time is curved, then, at some point, we'll be retracing our own steps - no?
It can get pretty complicated - this stuff - huh, Tony?
Feb 23, 2018 03:51:21 #
bellgamin
Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Pi in binary= 11.00100100001111 sooo lovely!
Pi can be finite in a non-euclian, n-dimensional subspace. It is also where parallel lines meet and Al Gore finally gets to be President. And I finally master differential calculus.
Pi can be finite in a non-euclian, n-dimensional subspace. It is also where parallel lines meet and Al Gore finally gets to be President. And I finally master differential calculus.
Feb 23, 2018 09:21:03 #
bellgamin wrote:
Pi in binary= 11.00100100001111 sooo lovely!
Pi can be finite in a non-euclian, n-dimensional subspace. It is also where parallel lines meet and Al Gore finally gets to be President. And I finally master differential calculus.
Pi can be finite in a non-euclian, n-dimensional subspace. It is also where parallel lines meet and Al Gore finally gets to be President. And I finally master differential calculus.
I do have to admit, Bell ... I have a lotta trouble understanding how parallel lines meet, but, I have even greater trouble understanding how Al Gore gets to be Pres!
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