Re: [MATHEDCC] Incommensurability in Geometry

Kirby Urner (pdx4d@teleport.com)
Sat, 08 Aug 1998 10:33:13 -0700

Thanks for the feedback folks.

I've got some improvements on the web, e.g. the PVR-/PVR thing
is now 1-PVR-<0.00052 (much more definite and precise).

Also, re confusions about "four-fold symmetry" (tetrahedron's
7 axes give it bilateral and tri-fold), I've made it clearer
what liberties I'm taking:

In synergetic geometry, the nested systems of
the concentric hierarchy (tetrahedron, duo-tet
cube, octahedron...) divide into two regimes:
the 4-fold and 5-fold symmetric. Here I'm using
"four-fold symmetric" as a short-hand for
lattice-embedded systems, those generating
repeating patterns (like repeating decimals)
in the isotropic vector matrix of dense-packed
equiradiused spheres. I'm also making a tie-back
to William Blake's poetry (Synergetics is a work
in the humanities after all).

(and I link to Hart on Symmetry Axes for the full story).

Thanks again to all my cyberspatial collaborators.

Kirby
Curriculum writer
Oregon Curriculum Network (OCN)

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