Recent content by xhenderson

You seem to be assuming that the mass of each generation is 60% the mass of the previous generation. As previously noted in this topic, it is probably better to assume that the 60% scale refers to the linear scale of the Benders, implying that the mass of an (n+1)st generation Bender should be...

It would have been, though as I see it, they couldn't have because they set up the situation in such a way that the mass of the Benders did not diverge. It was key to the plot that the Benders would eventually devour the Earth, but that is not what would happen if each Bender were a 60% scale...

I'm note sure where you are getting these terms, or perhaps I am not understanding what they represent. Can you explain your thinking, please? Again, mass doesn't scale in that fashion. Mass is directly proportional to the cube of the scale. To make things a bit simpler, suppose that you...

zach12_2: If I understand what you are trying to do, there are a couple of problems. First, if the first-generation mini-Benders are 60% scale duplicates of the original, then they should mass 0.6^3=0.216, or about 22%, what the original masses. Of course, this will make your series converge...