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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To James Rose,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You have interesting perspectives. But
I notice something missing. When I was getting my Degree in Physics from
the University of Chicago (long ago), nearly all discussions were based on
"complex numbers". Sure, we talked about x, y, and z as "dimensions" but
all of the more inteesting discussions involved (calculations) that had many
complex components in them. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>An interesting example I remember involves a
"gravitational complex factor" which causes our Earth to have its own quirky
asteroid IN OUR ORBIT, roughly 97 million miles ahead of us at our L4 Lagrange
Point. Few people try to calculate WHY it is there. Actually, it is
in a "cloud of dust" where the component pieces circulate around each other
in interesting three-dimension al Lissajous paths. (Just trying to
understand those "kidney-shaped orbits" with just x, y, and z does not
work.) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have no doubt that "understanding gravitation" is
not remotely pussible until you first understand the L4 and L5 LaGrange
inteactions. Some of my fellow Physicists believe that Jupiter has more
than a million asteroids in its L4 and L5 locations, more than all the rest of
the asteroids combined. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So, some of your insights have some mathematical
issues, which require the "square root of negative one" to correctly do
the math.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Oh, some of my fellow Physicists are intrigued by
the idea of "building a hotel" on our asteroid (permanently 97 million miles
away) as a profit-making tourist destination.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Carl Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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