Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mikko Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: [SR and synchronization] Cognitive Dissonances and Mental Blockage Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:12:19 +0300 Organization: - Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:12:19 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="45ebeb6f5214096d9cd295140b7b6728"; logging-data="2496342"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18l/J4rIR66otZR74bRjMhh" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:g/DTNWWNlEY0WdQjRfGCTaLt0XM= Bytes: 1493 On 2024-08-21 06:15:23 +0000, Thomas Heger said: > My point was, that 'AB' is not a valid symbol for 'distance from point > A to point B'. If is, from a long geometric tradition. The notation AB, where A and B are points, is traditionally used both for the line segment AB and the distance between A and B. -- Mikko