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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Infinite bisections required for trisection of an angle
Figure 1: Self-evident demonstration of Figure 2: Application of the same as serial bisections to trisect the angle. In the example chosen here we have . In ten steps we get to which is a pretty close, though in principle … Continue reading
Posted in art, Scientific ramblings
Tagged Geometric construction, geometry, mathematics, recreational geometry, series sum, triangles, trisection
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Sine rugs
Consider a square lattice with uniform vertical and horizontal spacing of a quantum . This can be represented as an array of complex numbers of the form: . For our purposes we chose . Thus the lattice comprises of all … Continue reading
Posted in art, Scientific ramblings
Tagged art, complex variable, geometry, recreational geometry, trigonometry
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Doubling the cube with ellipses
The problem of doubling of the cube which emerged in the context of the doubling of the cubical altar of the great god Apollo cannot be solved using just a straight-edge and a compass. It needs one to construct a … Continue reading
Posted in art, Scientific ramblings
Tagged conic sections, conics, Delian, Delos, doubling the cube, ellipse, Geometric construction, geometry, mathematics
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A superficial look at national population density and some life history features
Over the years we have repeatedly checked out various collections of data pertaining to the human condition in the same manner as we attempted to apprehend scientific data. We have wondered whether to write on them in any detail. We … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, city states, India, IQ, Japan, life expectancy, population density, statistics
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Some biological analogies for certain sociopolitical issues
In Hindu society we often see certain relatively straightforward sociopolitical issues endlessly debated. A person with relatively commonplace IQ should in principle easily arrive a correct apprehension of these issues by applying correct analogy and/or logic. However, due to emotionalism … Continue reading
Posted in Heathen thought, History
Tagged analogical thinking, biology, Indo-Aryan, language, relgion, Sanskrit
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The magic of the deva-ogdoad
Classical Hindu tradition holds that the ogdoad of deva-s corresponding to their directions is: Indra: East; Agni: Southeast; Yama: South; Nirṛti: Southwest; Varuṇa: West; Vāyu: Northwest; Kubera: North; Īśāna: Northeast. The central position might be occupied in certain traditions by … Continue reading
Marching onward in the American spring but where to?
We hear in the news that the students (and whoever else) at the University of California, Berkeley, are in state of ferment. This is unsurprising in itself given that the it has for long been the center of American student … Continue reading
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The upper story in a few pictures
We have always held that there is no substitute to the knowledge gained from handling real data. It is always superior to one gained from mere reading without reproducing or self-investigation. Hence, we have endeavored to play with various objects … Continue reading
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