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    Posted: 28 October 2009 at 11:55pm
Learned some really cool stuff today. Perhaps the best was about non integer dimensions.  My professor wrote his dissertation about them.  For example, there are physical things that we can interact with everyday that are in  the dimension 0.6, 3/2, or log(4)/log(3).  He hasn't gone in depth too much (just a blow your mind moment) but I want to get a copy and read it.

I know some of you get a kick out of this stuff.

Think about it.  Smile


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are you studying quantum physics/mechanics?
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I hate quantum mechanics... Well, I love quantum mechanics, it just pisses me off.
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Title is a blatant lie.

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Fail thread fails without analogies, examples, or any further explanation.
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Both of the above posters are correct.

Why did you lure me in here?
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Wada heck?  Wat yall talkin' bout anuda dimension?
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I honestly don't know much about it.  The log(4)/log(3) one is a perfect snowflake.  Further, the bonds in amorphous solids (glass, Styrofoam, cotton candy) are dimension 3 as a solid, but are dimension 2.55 as they turn to liquid.

I honestly don't know enough math to fully understand this stuff...
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I'll stick to dissecting cadavers. This week: upper arm. Specifically: tracing brachial plexus.
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Crazy trippy physics > *
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Originally posted by sinisterNorth sinisterNorth wrote:

I'll stick to dissecting cadavers. This week: upper arm. Specifically: tracing brachial plexus.


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I dont get whats so special about that. Is something with a dimension of .6 supposed to be wacky crazy or something? 
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^^^Dude, it's 0.6; that makes it much cooler than 0.59 or 0.61!

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I was always under the impression that physical dimensions could only be non-negative integers. Crazy. So crazy, that I really can't even visualize it.

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Originally posted by Benjichang Benjichang wrote:

I was always under the impression that physical dimensions could only be non-negative integers. Crazy. So crazy, that I really can't even visualize it.


That's the point, I believe.

Either way, so far this thread is fail, not fun.
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