I herewith abandon and abjure irony when writing on the net. :-)
Thanks for the book suggestion - I do love math.
Andrew
> Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 11:59:02 -0500
> From: ...
> Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 first impressions
>
>> Actually, don't parallel rays emerge from a point REALLY far away? :-)
>>
>> Assuming Euclidean geometry.
>
> No. If you assume Euclidean geometry they never merge, but always remain
> parallel - a set distance apart. At the time they didn't even draw with
> perspective. Euclid never believed in 0 (and the opposite, infinity) and
> actually had a Euclidean society member "walk the plank" and drown for
> showing that 0 does exist.
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