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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (10 children)

....and a square has four interior 90 degree angles.

...and based on the infinite number of sides for a curved line aspect, the "90 degree" angles would all be +/- the limit as it approaches zero, so never truly 90 degrees but always an infinite fraction away.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Someone knows more calculus than they are letting on...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yeah, we gonna need more rigor on this one.

    "A square is a shape made up of four equally long lines a, b, c, d where a is perpendicular to c and d and parallel to b. Each of these lines meet exactly two other lines at it's ends."

    I'm not a mathematician so there might an odd case somewhere in there. Maybe it has to be confined to a shared plane?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Lines are infinitely long... do you mean line segments?

    Wikipedia has a good enough definition: "It has four straight sides of equal length and four equal angles." Nice and simple.

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