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From: jimbo
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 00:00

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m...@cctr.umkc.edu writes:
> John M Clancy wrote: 
> > Wrong! Einstein's equasions break down AT the speed of light.
> > There is nothing that says you cannot go BEYOND the speed of light.
> > Ever here of Tachyons?
> > 
> > Similarly, Newtonian physics does not apply at the atomic level
> > therefore we have Quantum physics.
> 
> for those wondering:
> 
> tachy*on \'tak-e-�n\ n (1967): a hypothetical particle held to travel
> faster than light.

I supect the equations do not break down rather they become undefined.
The maths can still be done by using a limits approach, (The calculus)
which is in fact how it is done. The equations break down in The SI 
unit system at the swarzchild radius of a black hole.

love jimbo.    :)

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Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/17
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