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From: gsmith@brahms (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Re: A Question
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Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 03:32:10 EST
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In article <590@husc6.HARVARD.EDU> hadeishi@husc4 (mitsuharu hadeishi) writes:

>A quick calculation shows that,
>for example, after accelerating for 1 year at 1 gravity you can approach
>the speed of light to well within 1% (as measured from Earth.)

  According to my quick calculation, g = 1.0325 ly/year^2, and so after
one year at one g, one is going tanh(1.0325) = .775c.

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
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