Re: Simple Question

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:03:04 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Bob Myers" <nospamplease@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7mgSg.391$Fr5.14@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

But this wasn't the case here, at least as I understood
the problem. The original post described an infinite
"grid" of resistors - i.e., imagine an infinitely large
grid of squares, with each "node" (every point within
the grid where the corners of the squares meet) connected
to the adjacent nodes by a one-ohm resistor. Now measure
the resistance between any two adjacent nodes, and see
what you get.

Yes. It's less than 3 ohms but more than zero.

The fun is in deducing theory to specifics and solving quantitatively.
Otherwise, there is no way to see if theory holds. I think I got the
details right, using two completely different approaches to the
problem and providing similar results.

Jon
.

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