Re: Division by Zero in Nature, and Decomposition of Time.

From: Barry Schwarz (schwarzb_at_deloz.net)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:38:59 -0800

On 2 Feb 2005 17:05:13 -0800, "LEFTY" <temp444333222111@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I think it's probably less than 1:40, but I'm just too lazy to work it
>out completely.
>
>I guess you'd first have to look at the set of all possible SSN's.
>
>A SSN has 9 digits. Assuming that every possible combination of digits
>could be a real SSN, you have 9*10^8 different possible permutations.
>There are 900,000,000 possible SSN's.

Since mine happens to start with a zero, there doesn't seem to be any
reason to eliminate the ones below 100-00-0000. I have no idea if any
start with two or more zeros.

>
>You would need to know how many primes exist between 161 and
>999,999,999, and then try to figure out how many of these could
>multiply to yield a 9 digit number.
>
>If one factor is 161 or more, then the other would be less than
>6,211,180 or less.
>
>The 100,008th prime is 1,299,827, so there are quite a few more primes
>before you get to 6,211,180.
>
>OK - enough FermiMath. I think that nobody will be able to figure it
>out, not that it matters.
>
>For something _really_ interesting -
>
>Suppose that the nonsense that I'm spewing in this thread is true,
>about dimensions, and universes, and bla bla bla.
>
>If the 4th dimension "melts" into the 3rd dimension due to relativistic
>considerations, it must be either a sharp transition from 4D to 3D, or
>it is a smooth transition - sort of a continuous situation.
>
>Imagine for a moment that the transition is smooth. You have the
>strange situation where math might be invented through observing the
>universe. The exact opposite of the classical approach in modelling !!!
>ROFLMAO - Certainly is it difficult to contemplate non-integer
>dimensions, and it dosent seem to make sense even to discuss it. But,
>if the transition from 4D to 3D is smooth, then non-integer dimensions
>must make sense, and there must be a means to treat the situation
>algebraically !!!
>
>It's mind boggling. I keep hearing this little voice that there is
>something really interesting to uncover here, perhaps some type of
>infinite cardinal, or something relating to the structure of space
>where 3D and 4D are mixed together so intimately - there must be some
>profound number theoretic truth buried here, waiting to be uncovered. I
>wonder. Then, maybe it's all just perceptual nothingness based on a
>loopy relativistic argument.
>
>Still wondering.

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