herman, you have the patience of a saint. however, it is not unusual in the
physical sciences to locally approximate nonlinear phenomena with linear
equations *within clearly specified ranges* where the linearity is reasonably
accurate. i don't understand why you say this requires an infinite set of
subdivisions?
Herman Rubin wrote:
> snip
>
> Some would even say that nonlinear
> >relationships can be broken down into a set of discrete linear stages or
> >subsequences,
>
> This is nonsense, unless you allow an infinite set.
>
> Such slicing may be better than just giving up on linearity,,
> >especially since most people cannot understand linear theories, much less
> >nonlinear ones,
>
> I see no reason why a non-linear theory is any harder to
> understand than a linear one. Most physical relationships
> have major aspects of non-linearity.
>
> ..............
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