Anderson, Arlin

Arlin Anderson believes that sound (vibrational energy) seems to dissipate all its energy within our 3-D world. This implies that a 4-D being can t hear (or see) us with our sound or light until the being puts his ear or eye on our level. However, if 4-D photons and phonons are possible, the being could use these to observe us. 

As this book goes to press, Arlin Anderson from Alabama has become the world s most proficient super-3 hunter. He has discovered, for example, that 3 X 471 = 313,461,333, and he believes that every number ending in the digits 471, 4710, or 47100 is a super-3. For example, he also discovered that 3xl,47P = 9,549,030,333. 

Regarding the presence of super-3s in our number system, Arlin Anderson notes ... 

Finally, Arlin Anderson from Alabama suggests that we build X-shaped machines with a wheel on each tip. Each wheel is ratcheted so it cannot roll backward. The bars of the X can slide against one another so the rider uses a natural climbing or... 

Would the journey be made more difficult with the gravitational effect of a third planetary body placed midway between the Earth and the moon Where is the center of mass for the Earth-moon system Arlin Anderson notes that the moon s mass is about 1/80 of the Earth s, and the moon is almost 240,000 miles away. Therefore, the center of mass of the Earth-moon system is 3,000 miles from the center of the Earth, or 1,000 miles below the Earth s surface I am interested in hearing from readers with additional insight into how humans could efficiently climb the long ladder postulated in this problem. 

Neil also suggests that ancient Greek math was sometimes a hindrance to the development of modem science. Intellects such as Newton finally broke free from axioms inherited from the Greeks. Therefore, Neil feels that we may actually be better off without the Greek influence. Also, consider that Islam has been the source of much modem mathematics. The numerals we use in arithmetic and the concept of zero probably came from Islamic scholars. (There was some controversy among readers on this topic. Arlin Anderson suggests that the Arabic manuscript that intro-... 

Arlin Anderson from the Intergraph Corp. in Huntsville, Alabama, writes ... 

Arlin Anderson from the Intergraph Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama, responded to my bishop challenge and found an infinite number of solutions of the following form ... 

Arlin Anderson from Huntsville, Alabama, is an infinity-worm aficionado. (He notes that I should be careful to explain that log denotes the natural log, sometimes written as In. ) Arlin did various experiments with the crimson-worm formula to find values more accurate than the ones I reported. Because he obtained different values using different precision arithmetic in a computer program, he was careful to use high precision. The series to term 12,366 has a value of 9.999962147, and 1/12,367 makes it 10.00004300. Therefore, the crimson worm lives exactly 12,367 years. Note that if the crimson worm were to have dropped the first term in the series, making it (1/2 -I-1/3 -I-...), he would live almost three times as long This series to term 33,616 is 9.9999879, and 1/33,617 makes it 10.000017. 

I thank Martin Gardner, J. Clint Sprott, Robert Stong, Arlin Anderson, Clay Fried, and Manfred Schroeder for useful comments. I thank Don Webb for permission to use our collaboration, Valley of the Horses, and J. Clint Sprott for his permission to use our collaboration, Escape from Fractalla, in this book. 

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