[math-fun] A math-y US Supreme Court decision
A friend pointed out this recent USA Supreme Court decision. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/no5orig_d18e.pdf Exhibit A is titled "The Location of the Fixed Offshore Boundary Between the United States and California that is Parallel to the Coastline of Mainland California." It's over 100 pages long. Anyone up for using Exhibit A to calculate the official length of the Pacific ocean-facing border of mainline California? I tried a quick and dirty import into Mathematica, but it failed. To see a map of it, scroll to the very end. Thane Plambeck tplambeck@gmail.com http://counterwave.com/
Of course, if it's a fractal then the measurement of its 1-length will depend on which Planck scale you use. —Dan
On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:54 PM, Thane Plambeck <tplambeck@gmail.com> wrote:
A friend pointed out this recent USA Supreme Court decision.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/no5orig_d18e.pdf <http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/no5orig_d18e.pdf>
Exhibit A is titled
"The Location of the Fixed Offshore Boundary Between the United States and California that is Parallel to the Coastline of Mainland California."
It's over 100 pages long.
Anyone up for using Exhibit A to calculate the official length of the Pacific ocean-facing border of mainline California? I tried a quick and dirty import into Mathematica, but it failed.
To see a map of it, scroll to the very end.
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