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Re:Steinhaus Longimeter by tgb on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:59AM (#16648680)
There exist plenty of mathematical curves whose lengths are undefined. The term to search is "non-rectifiable curve".
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Re:Steinhaus Longimeter by tantalor on Thursday March 22, 2018 @10:16AM (#16648813)
This tool is for measuring curves drawn on a piece of paper, not abstract curves.
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Re:Steinhaus Longimeter by tgb on Thursday March 22, 2018 @10:34AM (#16648976)
Oh, that doesn't make it any easier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Long_Is_the_Coast_of_Brita...
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Re:Steinhaus Longimeter by taneq on Thursday March 22, 2018 @11:24AM (#16649398)
Well, it doesn't in theory, but it does in practice. Natural phenomena are only fractal over a certain range of scales. Outside that range they follow normal rules.
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Re:Steinhaus Longimeter by tantalor on Thursday March 22, 2018 @01:40PM (#16650826)
That doesn't fit on a piece of paper, either.
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Re:Steinhaus Longimeter by tgb on Thursday March 22, 2018 @02:07PM (#16651050)
A cartographer might disagree.
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