Geometry Disproves Arithmetic


	Geometry Disproves Arithmetic

nemesarial

1-11-2007 7:59 AM

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1-11-2007 8:42 AM

kankamuso

The slope is different in each cut (easy to prove, just compute the ratio of dy and dx), so in the second figure there's a very, very thin empty slice. The area of this slice is exactly 1 (also easy to prove).

1-11-2007 9:25 AM

nemesarial

Well well.. a genius in the house... you should go to the source and add your comment there...

Thanx for the feedback kankamuso

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