Author Archives: PlatoHagel

The Inconceivable being Believable

Posted on July 28, 2008 by PlatoHagel

While string theory does not, at this point, predict our world, it can at the very least plausibly encompass it. No other theory has been shown to do that. Aaron Bergman’s book review of Peter Woit’s I think there is … Continue reading →

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Gran Sasso and the Pyramid

Posted on July 27, 2008 by PlatoHagel

What good is a universe without somebody around to look at it?Robert Dicke This summer, CERN gave the starting signal for the long-distance neutrino race to Italy. The CNGS facility (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso), embedded in the laboratory’s accelerator … Continue reading →

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Is the LHC Leaking Energy?

Posted on July 26, 2008 by PlatoHagel

This is not to bring “the doom and gloom of micro blackhole creation” into the picture although I do see that the QGP arrived at can bring other perspectives forward, that would relegate questions to my mind. For instance. So … Continue reading →

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The Extra Dimensions in the LHC

Posted on July 25, 2008 by PlatoHagel

String Theorists, for a million bucks, do you think you can answer “the question” and it’s applicability? Now it should be clear here that while I speak of extra dimensions I am referring to that energy that is not accountable, … Continue reading →

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Jung Typology Test

Posted on July 23, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Take the Test here. * Your type formula according to Carl Jung and Isabel Myers-Briggs typology along with the strengths of the preferences * The description of your personality type * The list of occupations and educational institutions where you … Continue reading →

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Evolutionary Game Theory

Posted on July 22, 2008 by PlatoHagel

This of course was first introduced to me by the show called a Beautiful Mind. It is about the story of John Nash It is true such mathematics could seem cold and austere. Realizing the complexity of emotive and intellectual … Continue reading →

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Loosing Sight of Discrete Geometry

Posted on July 18, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Discrete mathematics, also called finite mathematics or decision mathematics, is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete in the sense of not supporting or requiring the notion of continuity. Objects studied in finite mathematics are largely countable sets … Continue reading →

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13th Sphere of the GreenGrocer

Posted on July 18, 2008 by PlatoHagel

I suppose you are two fathoms deep in mathematics,and if you are, then God help you, for so am I,only with this difference,I stick fast in the mud at the bottom and there I shall remain.–Charles Darwin How nice that … Continue reading →

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The Sound Of Billiard Balls

Posted on July 14, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Intuition and Logic in Mathematics by Henri Poincaré On the other hand, look at Professor Klein: he is studying one of the most abstract questions of the theory of functions to determine whether on a given Riemann surface there always … Continue reading →

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The Geologist and the Mathematician

Posted on July 12, 2008 by PlatoHagel

In an ordinary 2-sphere, any loop can be continuously tightened to a point on the surface. Does this condition characterize the 2-sphere? The answer is yes, and it has been known for a long time. The Poincaré conjecture asks the … Continue reading →

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