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Re: nonsensical rule about pivot and in and out of bounds (warning: math geek post)



xeno and his paradox would be proud...

but the rest of us live in the real world, not the theoretical one...

music on tap: neil young, weld

dusty
srhodes at drew dot edu
think i'll roll another number for the road

Bob Koca wrote:
Rule IX A  The entire playing field is in-bounds. The perimeter lines
are not part of the playing field and are out-of-bounds.

Rule Viii 8  If the pull is caught, the disc is put into play at the
spot on the playing field closest to where the disc is caught.


The problem is that there is no spot on the playing field closest to where the disc was caught. Since the lines are not part of the playing field the playing field itself is an open set (in the topological sense). It would be like trying to find the closest real number to 2 that is less than 2. Any proposed answer could be improved.

,Bob Koca




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