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Have Area? Questions for Jesse Subject: Reply to "Reply to Do Points Have Area?" Author: Candice Hebden <dreamy_aurora@hotmail.com> Date: 16 Jan 98 15:27:59 -0500 (EST) Hi Jesse, I have two questions about your circular geometry. On December 18, you posted [John Conway] >"If we're just talking about some purely conceptual space then the assertions are meaningless until that space is somehow defined. Jesse speaks of "circular geometry", in which a "point" is the smallest unit area, and in other statements he's made it clear that he thinks of these "points" as little circles and lines as like strings of beads: oooooooooooooooooo, in which any two adjacent ones touch each other at a point." [You] "Response: You seem to understand pretty well what I mean. Here is how a plane would look, with lots of points; oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo The above points are circular, solid, and touching horizontally as well as vertically. I can't draw a solid circle with this email system. A point, as you say, is the smallest, allowable round unit area in a system." What do you call the area between the points? Isn't there always a smaller sized point? Candice
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