Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxi!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!veenstra From: veenstra@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: 'Choose' your axiom - (nf) Message-ID: <3175@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 05:27:41 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.3175 Posted: Sun Oct 9 05:27:41 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Oct-83 08:13:48 EDT Lines: 12 #R:uiucdcs:28200023:uiucdcs:28200024:000:358 uiucdcs!veenstra Oct 8 23:54:00 1983 1) I can't recall the name of the book but I will try to find out. 2) You are mistaking 'congruence' for 'similarity'. Just as congurent triangles have equal angles and sides, so the 3-dimensional pieces have the exact same volume. I think you will agree that the result is now counter-intuitive. Jack (at uiucdcs)