Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 23:29:56 EST From: Leo Mariani Subject: 3 Flatland Questions To: thomas_banchoff@POSTOFFICE.BROWN.EDU Number #1 Is Flatland one continous infinite plane expanding in all directions, or is it a finite surface with finite boundaries? In either situation there w ould seem to be serious consequences of the pull of "gravity " towards the sout herly direction. Number #2 How do the inhabitants of Flatland prevent themselves from walking i n circles? Shouldn't everything they see just be a series of lines of varying b rightness? Obviously, they can hear as well and voice identification would help them to distinguish between landmark and person, but in a crowded place or ope n marketplace wouldn't voices become jumbled and confusion become unbearable? Number #3 If women must rotate at all times when in public, would not they seri ously throw off everyone elses sense of direction?