TP or NP? Trial balloon goes up

[Mark Kohut]

Of course, I might have smoothed out ambivalences while riding/seeing the abstraction from life notion. Will take a few more readings at least for me for all seven types of ambiguity to bloom. Smile. This baggy monster of a 'novel' [James] is as rich as GR in my opinion even if some of it is lamer and heavier (not lyrical).  
What whatever math means in P's rich ways, connecting it (some of it) in this reading of AtD with all of the other
air-filled 'ideas' is one new approach for me...
 
Thanks for all the responses. Reacting to responses helps me read and write about it better at least. 
 

From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> 
Cc: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: TP or NP? Trial balloon goes up


Exactly the same for me, David, and I get along well enough with math. I saw the theme of reality and (or vs) math (measurement / time-space) in Mason & Dixon where straight lines don't quite fit right on a sphere - there's always too much or too little reality.

The mathematical systems of humankind will never quite line up right with our holistic little world. 


Bek

http://beckylindroos.wordpress.com/

On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:31 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:


My take on Pynchon's ambivalence re. Maths is, yet again, questioning reality, especially dealing with measures of reality, questioning whether men's systems of measure are  either discovery or invention of their findings.  Are real numbers real? Does the dissection and categorization of "nature's" parts change (invent) the reality we believe in. 
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>On Monday, July 30, 2012, Mark Kohut wrote:
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>Besides whatever else I could have said better, it occurred after posting that I should have written:
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>>Only with the two mathematicians who give it up, do we get non-ridicule about math as a pursuit, talent, gift...
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