Preparation for "the Day"...

[Robin Landseadel]

I'd say just start 'er up on AtD. That little You-Tube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To_FmzOoJe8&feature=related

[this is good too]:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Siv_jhSkUE

are displays of Quaterninons, the central math concept in AtD that's
likely to be foreign/weird/inaccessible. Quaterninons are "the
path not taken" in maths, save that they're currently being
revived because they are central to computer modeling and animation.
In any case, that's all I know, but knowing that gave me a major "ah- 
ha!'
moment and helped me understand why AtD's plots move and
re-appear the way they do.

Cheers!

On Nov 19, 2008, at 3:54 AM, Guy Ian Scott Pursey wrote:

>
>
> Vineland is my favourite Pynchon novel - I've read it three times.
>
> But mathematics...? Erm.... where do I start? (Off to look for some
> introductory books on mathematical concepts...)
>
> Cheers,
> Guy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of Robin Landseadel
> Sent: 18 November 2008 22:26
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Preparation for "the Day"...
>
>
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Guy Ian Scott Pursey
>> <g.i.s.pursey at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Did I miss anything?
>>
>> Vineland
>
> True.
>
>