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From: Alain
Date: 14 Oct 2012 15:14:08
Message: <507b0f00$1@news.povray.org>
Le 10/10/12 1:40 AM, Le_Forgeron a écrit :
> Le 10/10/2012 02:58, Archpawn nous fit lire :
>>> Shipping cost: weight of blades is 0, number of blades is so huge...
>>
>> No. The edges have zero measure. The solid still has volume.
>>
>
> I wonder. Finite x Finite x 0 = ?
>


Not always, as is the case with fractals. A fractal line (width = 0) can 
have an area, a fractal surface can have a volume (thickness = 0).

That blade is fractal, and even if it effectively have a volume of zero, 
it still occupy a mesurable volume.


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