GraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down134
arrow-up172arrow-down1imageJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldGraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarekartoffelsaft@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 day 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-up3·1 day 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
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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