Re: What would the end velocity be if...?

finite guy wrote:
> On Feb 22, 12:10 pm, Erik Max Francis <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> finite guy wrote:
>>> "this decays to E = m c^2"
>>> Is not the 'speed of light' in the form d/t ???
>>> And squared is d^2/t^2.
>>> So how do YOU 'square' time?
>> You still square it just like any other quantity with units.  The
square
>> of a distance is an area.  The square of a time is a unit we don't
>> commonly refer to with a separate name, but it comes up all the time in
>> physics.  The square of a speed is, among other things, an energy
density.
> 
> That's cool but it doesn't really sddress the problem.
> 
> What is the 'PLANE' of time then?
> 
> If it comes up in physics all of the time,
> why is the plane of time (lateral time X axial time) not commonly
> understood?
> 
> It is there in the equation, E=m*d^2/t^2.
> 
> What is commonly mis-understood?
> That there is only one axis of 'time'...

Squaring a quantity does not imply multiple independent "dimensions" of 
that quantity.  This isn't a problem except in your visualization of 
what's going on; just stop visualizing it like that.

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