tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8103775392244487532.post94181316263026935..comments2010-03-08T20:50:45.606-05:00Comments on all squared away: The World Is Squareoutofchaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12213773118276058359noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8103775392244487532.post-79305282859314950982010-03-06T14:48:39.283-05:002010-03-06T14:48:39.283-05:00'A Straight Line to the touch is worth a Circl...'A Straight Line to the touch is worth a Circle to the sight'<br />A Proverb, very common with the Frailer Sex in Flatlandoutofchaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12213773118276058359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8103775392244487532.post-40701572087086218632010-02-24T12:15:09.517-05:002010-02-24T12:15:09.517-05:00Wait, I can feel an angle forming:
\_Wait, I can feel an angle forming:<br /> <br /> \_Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8103775392244487532.post-2791650869824292382010-02-23T09:09:40.450-05:002010-02-23T09:09:40.450-05:00Ah, it's been many, many years since I first r...Ah, it's been many, many years since I first read Flatland, and even quite a few since I last read it. While it was one of the most important books I ever read, I must admit, I'd forgotten that a straight line should not waste time hoping to evolve to even a stupid pointy sharp isosceles, much less to an equilateral, or even thinking she might already have done so. But isn't that so line-ish of me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8103775392244487532.post-1622474549275294952010-02-20T17:17:53.263-05:002010-02-20T17:17:53.263-05:00Dear anonymous,
I much appreciate your comment an...Dear anonymous,<br /><br />I much appreciate your comment and thoughts.<br /><br />If you recall, in Abbott's "Flatland",<br />The general scheme of evolution is:<br />(1) an n-sided regular polygon will beget an n+1-sided regular polygon,<br />(2) an isosceles triangle with sharp angles will beget an isosceles triangle, whose angle is one-half degree less sharp,<br />(3) all women for all time are straight line segments.<br /><br />"Flatland" is a fascinating and fun read, and I recommend it to all, not just as a work of mathematical fantasy but also as a biting satire on human nature.outofchaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12213773118276058359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8103775392244487532.post-36700876607956477502010-02-19T11:18:01.836-05:002010-02-19T11:18:01.836-05:00This is flat-out fantastic!
As member of a diff...This is flat-out fantastic! <br /><br />As member of a different gender from Mr. A. Square (but without as much time as he seems to have), I wonder how attractive these maps would be if they were comprised of triangles? <br /><br />Then one would also have to wonder if Mr. A. S. would be inspired to advance to other regular tesselations? <br /><br />I will keep checking back into this dimension ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com