Category Archives: Mathematics

Science and the Mind: Sir Roger Penrose

Posted on October 7, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Above picture, belongs to this article and titled above, of frames that Sir Roger Penrose wrote in 1999. Roger Penrose, a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford in England, pursues an active interest in recreational math which he … Continue reading →

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Rapping Our Way to Einstein

Posted on October 6, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Now you know us platoists and our academy had issues about music. The influence it has in soothing it’s way into the minds heart of hearts. So I thought, why not, make an exception here, because I like the example … Continue reading →

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Trademarks of the Geometer II

Posted on October 5, 2005 by PlatoHagel

John g, Lubos had some claim about Martian ancestry, but we know that he jests?:) So I do not want to use up to much more of Lubos’s blog for this conversation even though he pushes the envelope. Perhaps, you … Continue reading →

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On mathematics, imagination & the beauty of numbers

Posted on October 1, 2005 by PlatoHagel

It’s always nice to see this kind of infomration, because indeed if one were to start later on in life, then why not learn new things like mathematics. Especially, if it seems to be thta there is some consistancy in … Continue reading →

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Plectics

Posted on September 30, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Murray Gellman: The name that I propose for our subject is “plectics,” derived, like mathematics, ethics, politics, economics, and so on, from the Greek. Since plektos with no prefix comes from *plek- , but without any commitment to the notion … Continue reading →

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Professor Shiing-Shen Chern

Posted on September 25, 2005 by PlatoHagel

HOUSTON JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS Editorial, Electronic Edition Vol. 28, No. 2, 2002 Shiing-Shen Chern — famed mathematicianCarrie Sturrock, Chronicle Staff WriterThursday, December 9, 2004 He was a great mathematician partly because of the quality of his research as well as … Continue reading →

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CFT and the Tomato Soup Can

Posted on September 15, 2005 by PlatoHagel

As always, the layman trying to develope the mathematical views?:) Greg Kuperberg on Sep 15th, 2005 at 12:11 pm Conformal maps of the Earth are a great introduction to complex analysis. If you identify the Earth with the Riemann sphere, … Continue reading →

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Atlas and Proton-proton Collisions

Posted on September 14, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Depth of Perception I am responding to the link here on Cosmic Variance and the related article, Cosmic Violence. I do not want to tie up their space, so my “further response” is being given here. I speak of Glast … Continue reading →

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Types of Blackholes

Posted on September 12, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Now the statement below is important from one perspective that is not to my mind explained very good. I mean, taken from the public views, how is it such a thing like the blackhole could exist, and what scientific validations … Continue reading →

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Quantum Gravity: The Blackhole

Posted on September 7, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Drawing Plane and Coordinate Systems More information is given here in Wiki. There is no “distance” separating cosmological events, from the cubic centimeter in the corner of the room? I have to tell you why I see this, and what … Continue reading →

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