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[Phys-L] Re: Zeno's Paradoxes



Who invited Banach and Tarski (and ignored Hausdorf) to Zeno's party?
For those snowed by Chuck's posting, see Banach-Tarski in the Wikkipedia.
Banach-Tarski does not present a paradox.
Regards,
Jack




On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Chuck Britton wrote:

Instantaneous velocity and it's associated infinitesimals may well
make Zeno's problem disappear but it does nothing to ameliorate the
Banach-Tarsky conundrums.


At 3:40 PM -0600 3/30/05, Jack Uretsky wrote:
Zeno's paradox goes away once you have the notion of instantaneous
velocity, which was not available at the time.
Regards,
Jack



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