Re:The hairy ball theorem
by tome on Friday June 12, 2009 @03:43PM
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Some other reason. It's not the geometry ("perfect sphereness") of the earth that's the issue, it's the topology (that it's a ball).
The other reason is something like "wind velocity is not a continuous vector field". When you get down to the microscopic level, what does wind velocity mean?
"There's a cyclone somewhere on earth" is a pretty good approximation though.
The other reason is something like "wind velocity is not a continuous vector field". When you get down to the microscopic level, what does wind velocity mean?
"There's a cyclone somewhere on earth" is a pretty good approximation though.