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Zero : a landmark discovery, the dreadful void, and the ultimate mind /
Zero indicates the absence of a quantity or a magnitude. It is so deeply rooted in our psyche today that nobody will possibly ask "What is zero?" From the beginning of the very creation of life, the feeling of lack of something or the vision of emptiness/void has been embedded by the creat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Zero: A Landmark Discovery, the Dreadful Void, and the Ultimate Mind; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Matter versus nonmatter; 1.2 Zero in universal nothingness; 1.3 Birth and five properties of zero; 1.4 Zero is the very life of all sciences and engineering; 1.5 Nomenclature, symbols, and terms concerning zero and place-value system; 1.5.1 Shunyata; 1.5.2 Sthanakramad; 1.6 Special terms concerning zero/infinity; 1.6.1 Zero for blast; 1.6.2 Ground zero; 1.6.3 Zero hour; 1.7 Digital display A 7-segment display; 1.8 Division by exact zero and nonexact zero.
- 1.8.1 z/0 = 0 for any z?2 Zero a landmark discovery, the dreadful void, and the ultimate mind: Why; 2.1 A landmark discovery; 2.2 The dreadful void!; 2.2.1 True incident in the life of Swami Vivekananda in 1881; 2.3 The ultimate mind; 2.3.1 Nirvikalpa Samadhi and Bose-Einstein condensate; 2.3.2 Swami Vivekananda in the making; 2.3.3 Swami Vivekananda attaining NS; 2.3.4 Meerut incident; 2.3.5 State of NS and that of zero kinetic energy: equivalence; 2.3.6 Deep sleep; 2.3.7 Experience: natural versus artificial; 2.3.8 Experiencing and not just knowing.
- 2.3.9 Who is faster: man (living computer) or computer in reality?2.3.10 Neuronal system: natural versus artificial; 2.3.11 God is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient while computer will never be; 2.3.12 Chaos-does it really exist in nature?; 2.3.13 How do we know 0 K which is not reachable?; 2.3.14 Experience is the proof; 2.3.15 Mind is the reservoir of endless knowledge; 2.3.16 Numerical zero versus mathematical zero; 2.3.17 Consciousness: natural versus machine; 2.3.18 Measuring manifestation of consciousness; 3 History of zero including its representation and role.
- 3.1 7000-2000 BC: innovation of decimal number system that is universally used today3.1.1 Prelude; 3.1.2 Aryabhatta: use of decimals, zero, and place value system; 3.1.3 The Maya numbers and Long Count; 3.2 2000 BC-1000 AD: zero reached its full development along with representation and arithmetic operations; 3.2.1 Representation of nothingness-an important need toward progress; 3.2.2 Zero as a number used by Indians; 3.2.2.1 Bhaskara II's Siddhanta Siromani: used zero of today; 3.2.2.2 Sarvanandi's Lokavibhaga: reference to zero in Jain work.
- 3.2.2.3 Sridhara's Patiganita, Ganitasara, and Ganitapanchavimashi: algorithms for arithmetic operations3.2.2.4 Jinabhadra Gani's Brihatkshetrasamasa: expression for a 12-digit number; 3.2.2.5 Haridatta's Grahacharanibandhana: alphabatical positional number system; 3.2.2.6 Shankaracharya's Sharirakamimamsabhashya: reference of place-value system; 3.2.2.7 Lalla's Shishyadhividdhidatantra: usage of place-value system; 3.2.2.8 Shankaranarayana's Laghubhαskar+yavivaran.a: Place-value system of Sanskrit numerical symbols.