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Tracy Yucikas (tyucikas@cts.com)
Sun, 24 May 1998 12:18:39 -0700


DPlante:
>infinite # of positions..finite time.
>...transit an infinitesimal gap in
>finite amt of time, ...journey ... take
>forever...how long took.. say, 0.765 seconds

if the time for each
infinitesimal is epsilon(>0) seconds,
and distance traversed
delta inches, then see:
delta = 0.765(in/sec)*epsilon(sec).
(at constant speed)
Now see that this relation holds
for an infinite # of transits.
(no paradox here)
"Infinity " may be a reality,
but it isn't a "real number".
George Cantor gave his
sanity so that we could be free
from the confusion.
"alas poor George, we hardly knew ye."

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