Errata: A Simple Proof that the World Is Three-DimensionalAuthor(s): Tom MorleySource: SIAM Review, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Jul., 1986), p. 229Published by: Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2030469 .

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SIAM REVIEW X 1986 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Vol. 28, No. 2, June 1986 005

ERRATA: A SIMPLE PROOF THAT THE WORLD IS THREE-DIMENSIONAL*

TOM MORLEYt

This Classroom Note contains errors in four lines. On p. 70: 1. Equation (RW) should read:

(RW) ~~~~n-I 1 (RW) Vrr+ r Vr - Vtt

2. The functions listed in the Definition below (RW) should be "a(r) > 0, (r )> 0, 8(0)=0, and a(1)= 1".

3. Equation (4) should read:

(4) (2a' + a =0.

On p. 71: 4. Equation (4') should read:

(4') 213+(n-1)=0.

*This Journal, 27(1985), pp. 69-71. tSchool of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332.

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