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The Perimeter of the United States in Miles: from 10,000 to 50,000 Miles Depending
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| David Richeson
Posted on 04/20/2005 11:50:46 AM PDT by xzins
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To: Fido969
Fractals and chaos theory would make the boundary infinite, I'd think.
Big, but not infinite, since there are only a finite number of particles that make up the planet, and these each have finite boundaries and dimensions (or DO they?)
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04/20/2005 1:54:43 PM PDT
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Atlas Sneezed
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To: Beelzebubba; Fido969
There is a mathematical construction that illustrates how to have a space filling line within a square.....it's length would be infinite.
See mathematical work by Cantor....I believe.....
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04/20/2005 2:34:12 PM PDT
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Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: xzins
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04/20/2005 2:48:08 PM PDT
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adam_az
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
There is a mathematical construction that illustrates how to have a space filling line within a square.....it's length would be infinite. The Koch Snowflake has finite area but infinite perimeter.
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04/20/2005 2:54:49 PM PDT
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ThinkDifferent
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To: ThinkDifferent
That is even better , thanks.
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04/20/2005 2:56:20 PM PDT
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Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: green iguana
It looks like it is actually about 15-20% of the Atlantic coastline from a Maine site. Doubt if they used fractals.
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04/21/2005 4:03:55 AM PDT
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KeyWest
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