ehh, your right. velocity is change in position. i was reffereing to position. my bad. but... to change someting, you have to have something to change. each line back describes how you are changing the next item down. if you have n number of derivatives, as n approaches infinity, shouldnt there at least be some kind of baseline approached? im probably not making sense, i only have first year calc, not enough to describe what im thinking.
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:37:36 +0000, Grimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:33 pm 22-02-05 -0700, you wrote: > > >note though, that after velocity, they all become a measure of the > >rate of change. where is the original motion that is being constantly > >modified? there has to be an endpoint, yes no? or start point, as it > >were. > > > > Err....? Sorry, I don't follow you. > Isn't velocity a measure of a rate of change? > Isn't velocity a measure of a rate of change of position? > > Or am I missing something. ;-) > > Does there have to be an endpoint or is it "elephants all > the way down"? If I had to take a bet on it I would say > that the Universe is unbounded in the small and in the large. > > Cheers > > Frank Grimer > > ========================================= > It's the first effect of not believing in > God that you lose your common sense. > > - Father Brown - > ========================================= > > -- "Monsieur l'abb�, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" Voltaire
