Guest guest Posted February 2, 2001 Report Share Posted February 2, 2001 Infinity can be perceived mathematically with the help of modern day computers. There are self-reflecting maps or fractals such as the Henon map, Julia set, etc which are simple algebraic identities. These maps when plotted show distinct areas which are self reflecting. This means we look at one region, we see a 'U' curve. We zoom in using the computer on a portion of the 'U' curve. You will again see a 'U' curve. This goes on. Each segment of the map consist of segments which are identically the same. This is glimpse of "internal" infinity. The books by Fritjof Capra give such analogies between physics (or mathematics) and Vedanta. Anand --- Gummuluru Murthy <gmurthy wrote: > > > namaste shri Ram Chandran, > > Yes, infinity in mathematics is a very good analogy > for brahman. > I was discussing with my mathematics colleagues some > time ago and > we were trying to find similarities in mathematics > and advaita. > One of my friends, who is also an aquiantance of > profvk of our List > (who is a mathematician), suggested there were some > earlier thoughts > on this similarity. > > As one who might have had mathematics training, can > you *define* > infinity? As I understand, you can say such and > such leads to > infinity. But you cannot describe or define > infinity. Being a > non-mathematician, I cannot say anything more than > that at the > moment. But I look forward to your comments on > defining infinity. > > Get personalized email addresses from Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2001 Report Share Posted February 2, 2001 Namaste, There is an internal logical contradiction [?fallacy] in tryin to 'define' 'infinity'! What cannot be defined is itself a statement of the existence of 'infinity'. Dakshinamurti conveyed the meaning with; :-] {-: And we called IT SILENCE!!! Regards, s. advaitin, Anand Natarajan <harihara.geo> wrote: > > Infinity can be perceived mathematically with the help > of modern day computers. There are self-reflecting > maps or fractals such as the Henon map, Julia set, etc > which are simple algebraic identities. These maps when > plotted show distinct areas which are self reflecting. > This means we look at one region, we see a 'U' curve. > We zoom in using the computer on a portion of the 'U' > curve. You will again see a 'U' curve. This goes on. > Each segment of the map consist of segments which are > identically the same. This is glimpse of "internal" > infinity. The books by Fritjof Capra give such > analogies between physics (or mathematics) and > Vedanta. > > Anand > > --- Gummuluru Murthy <gmurthy@m...> > wrote: > > > > > > namaste shri Ram Chandran, > > > > Yes, infinity in mathematics is a very good analogy > > for brahman. > > I was discussing with my mathematics colleagues some > > time ago and > > we were trying to find similarities in mathematics > > and advaita. > > One of my friends, who is also an aquiantance of > > profvk of our List > > (who is a mathematician), suggested there were some > > earlier thoughts > > on this similarity. > > > > As one who might have had mathematics training, can > > you *define* > > infinity? As I understand, you can say such and > > such leads to > > infinity. But you cannot describe or define > > infinity. Being a > > non-mathematician, I cannot say anything more than > > that at the > > moment. But I look forward to your comments on > > defining infinity. > > > > > > > > Get personalized email addresses from Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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