[1] Newton, I. (1687). Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica . London. (Scholium on measurement errors).
Since I cannot directly access local files or specific external documents named Serge3DX---Measuring-Contest-and-Principa... , I will based on the likely technical theme implied by the title: a comparative measurement contest for 3D reconstruction accuracy, grounded in first principles (Principia). File- Serge3DX---Measuring-Contest-and-Principa...
The theoretical best possible MAE from Eq. (1), given Δx quantization at 0.1 px and B=200 mm, yields δZ/Z_min ≈ 0.08% — meaning the contest’s top result (0.23%) is within a factor of 3 of the information-theoretic limit, indicating efficient reconstruction. [1] Newton, I
: The "files" mentioned are typically image sets (JPG/PNG) or PDFs packaged as chapters for online reading or download. London
After the contest, a 200+ post flame war erupted on the now-defunct cad-didact.com forum. One faction argued that Serge3DX’s methods were “overly esoteric” and had no real-world use. The other faction (the “Principials”) claimed that all measurement is relative and that the contest exposed a fatal flaw in mainstream CAD: the illusion of absolute dimension.