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Saturday, January 20, 2018

The Chaos Symbol of Dan Brown

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: — m759 @ 1:30 am

In the following passage, Dan Brown claims that an eight-ray star
with arrowheads at the rays’ ends is “the mathematical symbol for
entropy.”  Brown may have first encountered this symbol at a
questionable “Sacred Science” website.  Wikipedia discusses
some even less  respectable uses of the symbol.

Related news —

Related symbolism —

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110219-SquareRootQuaternion.jpg

A star figure and the Galois quaternion.

The square root of the former is the latter.

Friday, August 26, 2016

Structure a Set, Set a Structure

Filed under: General,Geometry — m759 @ 11:32 pm

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110219-SquareRootQuaternion.jpg

A star figure and the Galois quaternion.

The square root of the former is the latter.

See also a search in this journal for "Set a Structure."

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Eerie Twist

Filed under: General,Geometry — m759 @ 9:00 pm

(Continued from Nov. 15, 2011)

Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93

See also a post of Jan. 20, 2011, and an earlier post on Twelfth Night, 2010.

Commentary:

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110219-SquareRootQuaternion.jpg

A star figure and the Galois quaternion.

The square root of the former is the latter.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

The Representation of Minus One

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: , , — m759 @ 6:24 am

For the late mathematics educator Zoltan Dienes.

“There comes a time when the learner has identified
the abstract content of a number of different games
and is practically crying out for some sort of picture
by means of which to represent that which has been
gleaned as the common core of the various activities.”

— Article by “Melanie” at Zoltan Dienes’s website

Dienes reportedly died at 97 on Jan. 11, 2014.

From this journal on that date —

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110219-SquareRootQuaternion.jpg

A star figure and the Galois quaternion.

The square root of the former is the latter.

Update of 5:01 PM ET Feb. 6, 2014 —

An illustration by Dienes related to the diamond theorem —

See also the above 15 images in

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110220-relativprob.jpg

and versions of the 4×4 coordinatization in  The 4×4 Relativity Problem
(Jan. 17, 2014).

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Star Wars (continued)

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: — m759 @ 2:29 pm

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110219-SquareRootQuaternion.jpg

A star figure and the Galois quaternion.

The square root of the former is the latter.

"… Todo lo sé por el lucero puro
que brilla en la diadema de la Muerte.
"

– Rubén Darío

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Loosey in the Sky

Filed under: General,Geometry — m759 @ 10:18 am

"Righty tighty, lefty loosey." — Folk saying

See also a figure from this journal 
on Lee Marvin's birthday in 2011 —

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110219-SquareRootQuaternion.jpg

The square root of the former is the latter.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Brightness at Noon (continued)

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: , — m759 @ 12:00 pm

From Epiphany Revisited

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110219-SquareRootQuaternion.jpg

A star figure and the Galois quaternion.

The square root of the former is the latter.

… Todo lo sé por el lucero puro
que brilla en la diadema de la Muerte.

Rubén Darío

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