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On Mar 6, 7:18 pm, Eric Gisse wrote:
> On Mar 6, 3:53 pm, va...@cox.net wrote:
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> > On Mar 6, 9:19 am, "Androcles" wrote:
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> > > "PD" wrote in message
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> > >news:d25d5e8d-69e8-4208-bf8e-0fd1a797767e@n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> > > On Mar 6, 9:38 am, The Ghost In The Machine
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> > > wrote:
> > > > In sci.physics.relativity, Eric Gisse
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> > > > on Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:50:41 -0800 (PST)
> > > > <2b831503-d191-4816-9c13-99a0eed97...@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com>:
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> > > > > On Mar 5, 9:55 pm, Koobee Wublee wrote:
> > > > >> On Mar 4, 6:03 pm, carlip-nos...@physics.ucdavis.edu wrote:
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> > > > >> > I suggest that you try for a graceful retreat.
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> > > > >> Well, I found a mistake in the boundary condition. As you have
> > > > >> suggested, I will execute a graceful retreat this time. In doing
> > > > >> so,
> > > > >> my instinct might still be correct about any high-speed particle
> > > > >> having a discontinuity as its speed goes to the speed of light.
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> > > > > My god your arrogance is astounding. DO THE COMPUTATION.
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> > > > What math would you have him do? ;-) There is indeed a
> > > > discontinuity in the SR energy equation
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> > > > E = m c^2 / sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
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> > > > Going through infinity to become imaginary energy sounds like
> > > > a pretty big discontinuity to me....
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> > > | There's no going *through* infinity. There is an *approach* to
> > > | infinity. A function that has an infinite asymptote is not
> > > | discontinuous.
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> > > y = tan(x) for x = 0 to pi has no discontinuity at pi/2?
> > > Why yes, yes it does.
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> > Graph it nitwit.
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> > tan pi = .054886...
> > tan pi/2 = .027422...
> > tan pi/100 = .0005483...
> > tan pi/1000 = .00005483...
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> Dude.
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> tan(x) = sin(x) / cos(x)
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> sin(pi/2) = 1
> cos(pi/2) = 0
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> Plot it on a calculator.

| How depressing being dumber than Androcles. Luckily I have a very
| short memory.

Vanity-peacocks doesn't know how to press the "radians" button
to plot anything on a calculator.