Subject: Re: gabriel's horn
From: Lillie Crowley (lillie@pop.uky.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 10:36:32 EST
It's magic.
Lillie
At 09:18 AM 2/23/00 -0600, detzwile@uwc.edu wrote:
>anyone know of a (sort-of) intuitive explanation of the features of
>gabriel's horn?
>
>y = 1/x over zero to infinity
>
>1. area is unbounded; goes to infinity
>2. volume of solid of rev is bounded; approaches pi
>3. surface area of solid of rev is unbounded; goes to infinity
>
>thanks
>
>David J Etzwiler
>Assoc Professor of Mathematics
>University of Wisconsin - Baraboo/Sauk County
>1006 Connie Rd
>Baraboo, WI 53913
>608 356-8351 x 238
>fax 608 355-7911
>
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