[Phys-L] Re: Zeno's Paradoxes

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Zeno's paradox goes away once you have the notion of instantaneous
velocity, which was not available at the time.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Fakhruddin, Hasan wrote:

> What's the solution for the first Paradox:  An arrow travles half the
> distance to the apple and again half of the half ad infintum.  How is it
> possible for the arrow to ever reach the apple?
>
> Hasan Fakhruddin
> Instructor of Physics
> The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities
> BSU
> Muncie, IN 47306
> E-mail: hfakhrud@bsu.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On
> Behalf Of Dan Schroeder
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:36 PM
> To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Zeno's Paradoxes
>
>
> There's a pretty large body of literature on Zeno's Paradoxes, and not
> all philosophers would agree that they have been solved.  Do a google
> search or a library search to learn more.  One interpretation of the
> paradoxes is that they challenge us to think about whether space and
> time are continuous or discontinuous.  The answer, according to modern
> physics, seems to be something more subtle than either.  Some
> philosophers might go so far as to claim that Zeno's paradoxes told us
> this all along, though I wouldn't put it that way myself.
>
> Dan S.

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