GraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down134
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldGraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarekartoffelsaft@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·15 hours agoLimits can resolve to infinity. The coastline paradox is just the observation that the (semi-reasonable) assumption that landmasses are fractal shaped implies the coastline tends towards infinity with smaller yardsticks.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-214 hours agoThey can… I wasn’t saying they couldn’t… I meant that as to point to the logic you’d use to prove it finite My bad for the poor wording though.
Limits can resolve to infinity. The coastline paradox is just the observation that the (semi-reasonable) assumption that landmasses are fractal shaped implies the coastline tends towards infinity with smaller yardsticks.
They can… I wasn’t saying they couldn’t… I meant that as to point to the logic you’d use to prove it finite
My bad for the poor wording though.