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- From: dwr2560@zeus.tamu.edu (RING, DAVID WAYNE)
- Subject: Re: ... an infinite mesh of 1ohm resistors ...
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:53:00 GMT
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- ttyytt@mixcom.com (Adam Costello) writes...
- >The original "solution" went something like this: Imagine connecting a
- >one amp current source between A and B. Now split this image into two
- >separate cases which we will later superimpose. In one case, the current
- >goes in to terminal A, but doesn't come out anywhere. In the other case,
- >the current comes out terminal B, but doesn't go in anywhere. I doubt
- >you ever did anything like this in EE 101. (I sure didn't!)
-
- But it's not hard to set it up. Rub a glass rod to a piece of wool. Touch
- it to a grounded circuit. If you have enough wool and can repeat quickly
- enough you can put one amp into the circuit (which for our purposes includes
- the entire 'ground'). :-)
-
- Dave Ring
- dwr2560@zeus.tamu.edu
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