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That's pretty funny, but the mathematician must be one who lived before the invention of calculus, which resolves such paradoxes. (With either infinitesimals or
by Jach 13y ago
That's pretty funny, but the mathematician must be one who lived before the invention of calculus, which resolves such paradoxes. (With either infinitesimals or limits.)
- ajuc 13y agoI think mathemathician considered getting there after inf * 30 seconds to be "never". The important difference between this and Zeno paradox is - in Zeno paradox time is also divided.
- phaemon 13y agoNot in this case. In Zeno's paradox, as the distance halves, so too does the time. In this case, the time for each halving is constant at 30 seconds. This means the mathematician is right and theoretically they'll never reach the woman (except practically, as pointed out).
- Jach 13y agoGood point, I guess I can see in this case the mathematician might realize that while he can cross the full distance easily enough with infinite time, he might not want to wait around for infinite time...
- pygy_ 13y agoThey could ask the woman to come to them.