Is E=mc2 Related to Zeno's Paradox?

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Reedeegi said:
I'm sorry, but mathematics is not a physical science, nor will it ever be. While mathematics can often be used to describe physical phenomena, things such as Zeno's paradox do not hold in the real world.

Limits and differentials are mathematical objects used to formalize your "dividing infinitely," but you show only the intuitive, imprecise understanding of them. Before you argue about this subject, learn the formalism behind your intuition and you'll find that intuition can often lead you to such bizarre, erroneous conclusions as the ones that you've proposed.

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I am curious as to your take on the infinite divisability and progression of velocities approaching the limit of c
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