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
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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