Log24

In Turing's Cathedral

"At the still point…" — T. S. Eliot

In memory of David L. Waltz, artificial-intelligence pioneer,
who died Thursday, March 22, 2012—

1. The Log24 post of March 22 on the square-triangle theorem
2. The March 18 post, Square-Triangle Diamond
3. Remarks from the BBC on linguistic embedding
   that begin as follows—
        "If we draw a large triangle and embed smaller triangles in it,
         how does it look?"—
   and include discussion of a South American "tribe called Piranha" [sic ]
4. The result of a Cartoon Bank search suggested by no. 3 above—
   (Click image for some related material.)
   
5. A suggestion from the Cartoon Bank—
   

6. The following from the First of May, 2010—

   The Nine Divisions of Heaven–
   

   

   Some context–

   

   "This pattern is a square divided into nine equal parts.
   It has been called the 'Holy Field' division and
   was used throughout Chinese history for many
   different purposes, most of which were connected
   with things religious, political, or philosophical."

   – The Magic Square: Cities in Ancient China,
   by Alfred Schinz, Edition Axel Menges, 1996, p. 71

7. The phrase "embedding the stone" —
   • in an article on buying jewelry,
   • in this journal yesterday, and
   • in the Bible.