[geeks] Odd (non-computer) question....

[Phil Stracchino]

On 10/14/21 8:28 AM, Mouse wrote:
> True if we model molecules as 150pm spheres.  If instead we treat them
> as 150pm line segments, we need to divide by a factor based on
> orientation, something like the integral over all vectors from a
> sphere's centre to its surface of the absolute value of the component
> of the vector in a particular direction (by symmetry, which direction
> doesn't matter to the result).  That too I know how to do, but my
> calculus is rusty enough I can't do it in my head while composing an
> email.


Well, let's face it, at that scale EVERYTHING is fuzzy.  :)


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