In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:10:01 -0800: Hi, [snip] >"This ring means that three objects are entangled. If you pick up >any one of them, the other two >will follow. However, if you cut one of them off, the other two >will fall apart," Chin said. > >"There is something magic about this number of three." [snip] There's nothing magic about it, it's a direct consequence of living in a 3 dimensional universe. Point objects have 3 degrees of freedom.
The rings demonstrate that beautifully. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
