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[[User:ELWisty|ELWisty]] 20:13, 24 July 2011 (EDT)ELWisty
[[User:ELWisty|ELWisty]] 20:13, 24 July 2011 (EDT)ELWisty
::I'm sorry I hurt you.
::First, I don't care about whether it is described as a theorem of topology or analysis. In fact, I don't remember just what course covered it when I was a student. My reversions were about other things, and the topology/analysis stuff was collateral damage.
::Here are the two objections I had to [[Gabriel's Horn]]. The volume is pi, not 3. Do the integral. Also, giving the units as cubic cubits is just bizarre. In mathematical constructions of this sort, it is common to express areas and volumes as "units squared" or "units cubed", where the "units" are left as some abstract thing as befits the object being discussed. Of course, when the theorem is reduced to practice, as in calculating the volume of the Earth, actual physical units are introduced.
::And there's another, more subtle problem. Saying that it will be blown by the Archangel Gabriel to announce the Day of Judgement is a completely inappropriate mixing of a mathematical concept with a concept from religious tradition. I don't have the biblical description in front of me, but I doubt that it mentions 1/x. Gabriel's horn is a mathematical concept that takes it's name from a bit of religious tradition.
::There should actually be two articles, with appropriate wiki-links. But I'm to tired to fix that just now.
::[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:00, 2 August 2011 (EDT)