@tree6500@Quizmonster@pickover Unless we insert granularity into our mathematics, how can we possibly use it to model our universe, which we know is granular. A mathematician presents a problem. Our job is not to give him the best possible answer, but the best possible framework. Ergo, 2 is the answer.
@Quizmonster@tree6500@pickover Hear me out. Let's say that the numbers between 1 and 2 are real. There is therefore no legitimate answer, except for 1 itself. However, if 1 is the smallest number greater than 1, then how can it be 1.
So it's gotta be 2.
@gbegerow@pickover From a Physics perspective the current sphere is already the smallest radius bigger than itself, as the quantum position of the edge is smeared continuously.
Either that or it's 2.