Sept. 11, 2005
6:08 p.m.
Say, in the course of the manipulation of c its radius approaches towards infinity, and upon the radius becoming > than some Max, I want c to suddenly think of itself as a Line instance rather than as a Circle instance.
Footnote: In Fuller's synergetic geometry, circles don't become infinite lines, but just bigger and bigger circles. Lines that appear locally straight are just that: local. Clearly we're starting with different assumptions than those of Euclidean greek metaphysics. More from Democritus. Lines aren't perfectly straight either -- zoom in and they become zig-zaggy/wavilinear. Zoom out, and all you get are curves and great circles. Kirby