Numberphile
Patnaik, Rajkishore (2013) Numberphile. At Right Angles, 2 (1). p. 64.
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Abstract
In Darren Aronofsky-directed 1998 surrealist psychological thriller Pi, the leading character Maximillian Cohen mutters to himself: “Restate my assumptions: One, Mathematics is the language of nature. Two, everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers. Three: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature. Evidence: The cycling of disease epidemics; the waxing and waning of caribou populations; sun spot cycles; the rise and fall of the Nile.
| Item Type: | Articles in APF Magazines |
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| Authors: | Patnaik, Rajkishore |
| Document Language: | Language English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Website, Review, Epidemics, Cycling. |
| Subjects: | Natural Sciences > Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > At Right Angles |
| Full Text Status: | Public |
| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1756 |
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