Almost Everywhere is a well know (though modestly advanced) mathematical concept - Here’s one way to get it, though it can be admittedly confusing. What we mostly deal with are integers and fractions - rational numbers. There are an infinite number of those, but in the way we count infinities, there are infinitely more real numbers. We say that real numbers exist almost everywhere - ‘except on a set of Measure Zero”. A set of measure zero is an odd concept, actually well-defined.
Almost Nowhere
Posted in Arts and Entertainment by admin on March 11, 2008
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Almost Nowhere
Posted in Arts and Entertainment by admin on March 8, 2008
Almost Everywhere is a well know (though modestly advanced) mathematical concept - Here’s one way to get it, though it can be admittedly confusing. What we mostly deal with are integers and fractions - rational numbers. There are an infinite number of those, but in the way we count infinities, there are infinitely more real numbers. We say that real numbers exist almost everywhere - ‘except on a set of Measure Zero”. A set of measure zero is an odd concept, actually well-defined.
Narada And The Illusion Of Maya
Posted in Arts and Entertainment by admin on March 7, 2008
Sage Narada was a Maharishi, a renowned teacher, inspirer of poets, counselor of kings, a divine messenger, and also a notorious ‘mischief-maker’. The word ‘Nara’ means knowledge useful to mankind and ‘Da’ means ‘a giver’. So ‘Narada’ means the one who gives knowledge to mankind and imparts right guidance.
Narada with a knotted tuft of hair in the center of an otherwise clean-shaven scalp, usually makes his characteristic entry with a Veena (a stringed musical instrument) in his hand and the name of Lord Narayana on his lips: “Narayana, Narayana”!