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I'd do it out of scientific curiosity. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

After an infinite number of loops are any of the original passengers still on the trolley?

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Anything moving at light speed does not experience the passage of time, so yes. Nobody can actually get off the trolley.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Without solving the collatz conjecture I think you can see it always stays above zero.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Sure, the total number of passengers does, but do any of the original passengers stay on the entire time as new passengers cycle on and off?

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago*

    i think that can’t really be answered bc there’s no hard rules on who specifically gets off.

    if it’s first-on, first-off then all the original riders would cycle out in as little as 2 cycles. but if it’s first-on, LAST-off then at least 1 person from the original bunch would always be on the train.

    if it’s random, who knows! someone who took probability and statistics can work that one out lmao

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