Re: worm problem, PARADOX?

[Lew Haddad <lhaddad@dawsoncollege.qc.ca>]

At 12:42 PM 3/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
> . 3 into Eq. 2 and find
> >   x = x+1
> > Simplify and get
> >   0 = 1
> > QED
> >
> > John
> Actually I think you get  that 0 is approximately = to 1 which is pretty
> close when seen from the size of 10^5.
>
> Ken Fox
> Smoky Hill High School
> 16100 Smoky Hill Rd
> Aurora,CO.80015
> 303-693-1700
> kfox@shhs1.smoky.org
> http://stega.smoky.org/~kfox/Physics.html

It is not even remotely close to the truth if you are interested in the
motion of the worm, since it is tantamount to setting the worm's velocity
(the 1) to zero which is clearly tantamount to ASSUMING n is infinity, not
proving it.

Lew

Lew Haddad 
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