I'm almost done with my first course in real analysis and we've been using Abbott's Understanding Analysis, and it's one of the best textbooks I've used (especially compared to my differential geometry course, where we're using Do Carmo... *shudder*). Abbott starts out with the axiom of...
Ah, thanks Bandersnatch - that makes sense. Do you know if there are any real-life instances in engineering or other settings in which this delay is noticeable? Just curious!
I hope this isn't a common question, and that I'm not breaking any rules of posting - please let me know if I am, as I'm new here.
So, to describe what I'm trying to ask: Picture a very long rod, say, one light-year long. Imagine it's in space, and is free of gravitational interactions (and...