If you can make it at all through that dense text I put up today, it's
about recursion and the Ackermann function and my use of it figures
directly. I have a great book here on recursive functions which I've used
on and off to the extent I understand it (a LOT is over my head). Best,
Alan
This is great info Alan and Edward, thank you!
I wonder if Greer's use of it in a novel is unique in some way, to warrant the
prize. I've found some articles about Nabokov and Joyce using it. Mainly
wondering if it could be a compositional element in Leonardo's works, and if
yes what that
Resonances
http://www.alansondheim.org/resonances/resonances001.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/resonances/
In 1971 I showed at the Bykert Gallery in Manhattan; it was
accompanied by a 32 page book/let describing the theory behind
the work. I was interested in mathematical symmetries, both
Look at Hua-Yen Buddhsim, Flower Ornament Sutra, Angkor Wat, Borobudur,
etc. It's everywhere.
Same with Cathedral mazes etc.
Best, Alan -
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 2:55 PM Edward Picot via NetBehaviour <
netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
> Max,
>
> I'm a big fan of chaistic structure -
Max,
I'm a big fan of chaistic structure - or the 'onion structure', which is
another term for the same thing. You work your way inwards through
various layers of narrative to reach the central point, then you work
your way outwards through the same layers again, ideally in reverse
order, to
Hi all,
My book club just read Andrew Sean Greer's novel Less, which won the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 2018. It seems to use a lot of "chiastic structure,"
which is an A-B-B'-A' pattern used in ancient literature. There are also some
biological meanings of the term (for vision and
Dear Netbehaviourists (*-*-*- Sorry marc, I could not record the News from Where We are Podcast, but his message aims also also at keeping the updates flowing! -*-*-*-) A few weeks ago, Theresa Fend, from OuiShare and RebelForLife, shared with me James Arbib & Tony Seba’s Rethinking Humanity
