Aristotle's Wheel Paradox: this seems to imply that the two circumferences of different sized circles are equal. Can you guess the fallacy?pic.twitter.com/Ic0HlNgARc
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More to the point: the inner wheel is slipping.
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This aspect is relevant if inner circle is in mechanical contact with something in rest frame, but fallacy also arises for e.g. rotating CD.
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No, this is not the fallacy. This doesn't address the core of the paradox: when a circle rolls, displacement = circumference.
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I think the distance traced by the center isn't equal to the circumference.
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@bhargav_thankey something to think about..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Yay!! Fermat, you made my evening!!
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Even less obvious: x/(1-x) maps [0,1) to [0,∞)
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