This is a Geometry question...Is anything in the world symetrical?
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February 18th, 2009
We talked about it in class and I said a sheet of paper but she said not its not because the edges of paper (believe it or not) has very small ripples in it which make it unsymetrical. So anyhow I thought maybe a proton, electron or a neutron would be a good answer (but not an atom)...So tell me what you think?
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Anything physical will have fluctuations. (She’s being picky). But does it have to be physical? How about and idea or concept? The reflexive property of equality is symetrical. An isocoles triangle is symetrical.
i think it may be physical but I will ask her about the reflexive property of equlaity…good idea!
Actually, since silicon substrate for chips has to be essentially flawless, crystals grown in a clean room. Maybe those would qualify. (Not an expert, but maybe worth checking out.)
Some viruses display a very complex symmetry. Your teacher would love it if you could explain icosahedral symmetry
@Grisson: If she’s being that picky, then silicon substrates wouldn’t qualify either. Cheers!
If she’s going to get picky about perfection, you can get picky about semantics. There is symetry and there is perfect symetry. Nothing is perfect but many things are symetrical (your peice of paper included). If you abandon the concept of symetry simply because there are flaws in the implementation, then you can say that a person cannot be [Insert something your teacher is proud of] simply because one cannot be perfectly [whatever that is].
Mathematical equations can have symmetry. Or Is she talking purely visual.
wow this is great!
ill have to debate my answers against each other and with other people but the geometry class im taking is very informal and deep (plus my teacher is awesome(shout out to Ms. Grove))
She even recomend us using a sight like fluther to ask this question! But thanx so much and if you guys still have ideas or arguments just keep posting! Thanx a ton…
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