From: Phineas T Puddleduck on
In article <virgil-880920.18384212122006(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Virgil <virgil(a)comcast.net> wrote:

> In article <phineaspuddleduck-0B341E.00423413122006(a)free.teranews.com>,
> Phineas T Puddleduck <phineaspuddleduck(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <1165969633.567611.103040(a)j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Ka-In Yen" <yenkain(a)yahoo.com.tw> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Phineas T Puddleduck wrote:
> > > > In article <1165882744.955562.213440(a)j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > > > "yen, ka-in" <yenkain(a)yahoo.com.tw> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In three dimensional vector algebra, area HAS TO be a vector,
> > > > > and we can divide an area vector of a rectangle by the length
> > > > > vector of this rectangle.
> > > >
> > > > Area vectors can only be defined for flat surfaces.
> > >
> > > Yes, and calculus can help you work on curvy surfaces.
> >
> > So how are you going to define an area vector for a curved surface
>
> Using Clifford algebra?

Tell Ka-In...

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From: Eric Gisse on

Phineas T Puddleduck wrote:
> In article <1165969633.567611.103040(a)j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> "Ka-In Yen" <yenkain(a)yahoo.com.tw> wrote:
>
> >
> > Phineas T Puddleduck wrote:
> > > In article <1165882744.955562.213440(a)j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > > "yen, ka-in" <yenkain(a)yahoo.com.tw> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In three dimensional vector algebra, area HAS TO be a vector,
> > > > and we can divide an area vector of a rectangle by the length
> > > > vector of this rectangle.
> > >
> > > Area vectors can only be defined for flat surfaces.
> >
> > Yes, and calculus can help you work on curvy surfaces.
>
> So how are you going to define an area vector for a curved surface

Here comes the fun part.

>
> --
>
> Just \int_0^\infty du it!
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From: crank_hunter on

Eric Gisse wrote:
> yen, ka-in wrote:
> > In three dimensional vector algebra, area HAS TO be a vector,
> > and we can divide an area vector of a rectangle by the length
> > vector of this rectangle.
>
> Look who fails vector analysis again!
>
> [...]

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From: Phineas T Puddleduck on
In article <1166108206.047191.60070(a)16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>,
crank_hunter(a)yahoo.com wrote:

>
> Eric Gisse is marked by Crank Alert:

Cowardly spammer through anonymous proxy.

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From: Randy Poe on

yen, ka-in wrote:
> In three dimensional vector algebra, area HAS TO be a vector,

Writing it in caps doesn't make it so.

Why does area have to be a vector?

What makes you think scalars can't exist in 3-space?

- Randy

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