Comment by moi2388 Comment by moi2388 a day ago 4 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Unless by plane they mean airplane, since in curved 3d surface this is not automatically given to be true.
Copy Link layer8 a day ago Next Collapse Comment - Even if it was talking about airplanes, it doesn’t mention “surface”. So it would still hold, given that airplane parts aren’t infinitely thin. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link MarkusQ 18 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Though if you fly economy it seems like they're bent on approaching it as a limit. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link layer8 17 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - As long as they don’t actually reach the limit, the proof still holds. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link MarkusQ 18 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Though if you fly economy it seems like they're bent on approaching it as a limit. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link layer8 17 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - As long as they don’t actually reach the limit, the proof still holds. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link layer8 17 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - As long as they don’t actually reach the limit, the proof still holds. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link IAmBroom a day ago Prev Collapse Comment - Topologically, an airplane is identical to a universe of curvature=+1. Since the size of the grid versus the airplane/universe is not given, I will assume there are infinitely many grid points. Reply View | 0 replies
Even if it was talking about airplanes, it doesn’t mention “surface”. So it would still hold, given that airplane parts aren’t infinitely thin.