Warp wrote:
> are not cubes because they are cut by the surface of the torus. In these
> cases the point masses do not correspond to the volumes of the clipped
> cubes.

*My* point was that if these cubes were the size of sand grains, that 
inaccuracy doesn't matter. That's why I asked how precise you needed the 
answer. Plus, if you only sampled the gravity a foot off the surface within 
a precision of grain-of-sand size, you don't have to worry about point 
masses. :-)


(Note to self: Never answer in a sloppy intuitive way when Warp asks a math 
question. :-)

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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