Mind's Eye Re: Thinking Earth

Impressive! Thank you. Beats "One, Two- Buckle my shoe..." but maybe
not "Lessons of the War" by Henry Reed.

On Jun 25, 1:52 am, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A couple of short mathematical poems for you all:-
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> *Uniformity*
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> The ratio 'one by root two'
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> Has powerful acclaim
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> For should one divide one by two
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> The ratio remains
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> This simple fact made foolscap die
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> And paper size mundane.
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> 'A0', 'A1', 'A2', 'A4'
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> When folded look the same.
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> *Numbers Imaginary*
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> * *
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> That damned square root of minus one
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> Does not exist or so they say
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> So let's imagine that it does
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> And give it a name, Call it 'j'.
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> For 'j' to have reality
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> Real things it then must do for me
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> If not it will simply remain,
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> Imaginary in fact and name.
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> 'j' squared times one is minus one
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> A vector rotation of pi
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> So by itself, what must it do,
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> A vector rotation of pi over two?
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> Just sharing, Malc
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> On Monday, 25 June 2012 17:27:47 UTC+12, rigsy03 wrote:
> > That definitely is geometrical but can get very complicated- it's
> > great if it falls into place naturally or easily on a crude 3:5 or
> > 5:8. The Japanese diagonals are a lure- always- so I get into a
> > scramble sometimes- but that's back to perspective. Anyway, this
> > figure is in trouble- it might be 10 years ago I started it- maybe 15.
> > Am starting to call her Dizzy Mona. :-)
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> > On Jun 23, 11:53 pm, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > And to think that some mathematical ratios are also aesthetically
> > > beautiful. I am thinking of the Golden Ratio in art and the most
> > delightful
> > > aspect ratio for a picture or TV screen.
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> > > On Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:26:15 AM UTC+12, pol.science kid wrote:
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> > > > I came accross this article mentioning the fibbonacci series... and
> > > > the mathematical patterns in nature.. then i wikied it... there were
> > > > too many concepts for me to grasp cos i am not familiar with math that
> > > > much(i feel now i should do something about it).. it was really
> > > > amazing for me... specific patterns.. in precison.. makes you wonder
> > > > whether after there is a MIND that contains us... and whether there
> > > > are accidents indeed?.. i kknow many of you atre science experts..
> > > > please bulid the discussion as you might.. i would love to know
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