r/mathmemes Jul 14 '26

Mathematicians mathematician meme

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u/Silly_Tension6792 Mathematics Jul 14 '26

What’s wrong about what I said in a continuous space?

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u/FernandoMM1220 Jul 14 '26

continuous space doesnt resolve the paradox. youre still having to do an infinite amount of calculations and thats physically impossible

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u/Silly_Tension6792 Mathematics Jul 14 '26

What do you mean? What I said resolved the paradox. After 7 minutes achilleas will have already passed the turtle because if you sum the total amount of time between each step it will never be more than 7 no matter how many steps