Originally Posted by AntRid
technically, for layman's purposes, Manus is right. It only has 1 side. There is nothing separating the sides from anything else. Technically, dice have infinite points on them, but nothing defies where on "side" begins and ends - there's just the external layer that is perfectly smooth and would be 1 side.
From a physic's perspective, the sphere has as many sides as it has atoms composing the outmost layer - and because that amount is dependent upon the sphere, if it is remotely capable of being seen with the naked eye, then we can, for clarity's sake, say it is infinite. But still, it's just ONE side. Those are just individual points upon that side.
The debate of the century is why everyone labels their debate the debate of the century.
Fine I lied, this is really just filler while im waiting for the next "does 0.999... = 1" thread
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streme Wheelie
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I thought we already proved that a million times. And by we, I mean all of the smart people which doesn't include me.
No because to prove something as true in math, you must disprove it is false.
Going way back to geometry, when you compare the shapes of the various regular polygons, the higher and higher the number of sides, the more and more it looks like a circle. A circle is a regular polygon with an infinite number of sides, no?
Oh man I love those threads.
Pretty much. (I came up with this conclusion in 3rd grade, and I attribute to it whatever success I've had in calculus)
As for having one side, it's trivial to divide the circle into hemispheres, and subdivide it from there. It will eventually come to a stop even if it has no sharp corners, and from there will behave like a typical die.
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