VLVL(6) - Questions: Group Theory

[Howard, Jesse]

which brings to mind the tug of war between group theory and chaos
mathematics that was beginning to appear in the mid-to-late sixties (I
think).
Any more info on this out there?

jch

On Monday, December 07, 1998 2:10 PM, Paul Mackin [SMTP:pmackin at clark.net]
wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Tim Kordas wrote:
> > 
> > Mathematical physics is all about generating mathematical descriptions
of
> > the world (omission) Suppose Atman is preoccupied with some piece of
> > such an elegant description of the world . . .
> 
> Or even of the California coastline. Has anyone pointed out the fractal
> like description in the first sentence of the chapter (p. 204)? "The shape
> of the brief but ledgendary Trasero County coast . . .  repeated on its
> own scale the greater curve between San Diego and Terminal Island . . .
> 
> 			P.