[FRIAM] To repeat is rational, but to wander is transcendent

Carl Tollander carl at plektyx.com
Tue Mar 29 16:33:25 EDT 2022


Viscosity, I hear second hand (Adam Savage on YT), is more context
dependent.



On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 2:05 PM Eric Charles <eric.phillip.charles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That is a bizarre distinction, that can only be maintained within some
> sort of odd, contextless discussion. If you tell me the number of atoms of
> a particular substance that you have smushed within a given space, we can,
> with reasonable accuracy, tell you the density, and hence the "state of
> matter". When we change the quantity of matter within that space, we can
> also calculate the expected change in temperature.
>
> For example, when there are 25 moles of propane in the tank under my
> grill, the state of matter is liquid.
>
> <echarles at american.edu>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 8:35 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> *From the web:*
>>
>> *Intensive properties do not depend on the quantity of matter*. Examples
>> include density, state of matter, and temperature. Extensive properties do
>> depend on sample size. Examples include volume, mass, and size.Dec 4,
>> 2019
>>
>> How is any of those variables emergent.
>> ---
>> Frank C. Wimberly
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>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 5:26 PM Nicholas Thompson <thompnickson2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jon, I am sitting outside at a Ohori‘s. Chris tells me that there’s
>>> some sort of giant fork cook up that’s going to happen around six or maybe
>>> seven and then we all should come. Not the kind of thing I could talk Kenny
>>> into I don’t think but it might be fun to bring the kid to. They all smell
>>> is much more bearable when there’s an actual smell of food mixed up in the
>>> afternoon is very mild and pleasant. I wanted to take a few moments to try
>>> and get my mind around the intensive extensive distinction I now have a way
>>> to remember which is which which is the intensive properties are
>>> independent of the size of the system. So at least I have that little bit
>>> of grip.  Song the number of altruists in a group is an intensive sorry
>>> sorry extensive property of the group it changes with the size of the
>>> system according to Siri, the functional organization of the group the
>>> degree of functional organization if you will varies nonlinear early with
>>> the number of altruist  but it does vary with the number vouchers and so
>>> would be also an extensive property? No according to Winsett poop so far as
>>> I’m concerned is the only one who makes any sense on the subject an
>>> emergent property contrast with an aggregate property so the number of
>>> altruists in the group is an aggregate property because it is insensitive
>>> to the arrangement of the parts when you get a property which is sensitive
>>> to the arrangement of the parts then you get an emergent property. So I’m
>>> trying to think of those two distinctions are orthogonal related to One
>>> another. I will send this message along now that’s where I am at the
>>> moment. I will send a message along now so you get the info about the pork.
>>> Since I have no computer I will probably keep dictating these messages to
>>> you which you are entirely entitled to ignore but give me a medium in which
>>> to Think. Nick
>>>
>>> Sent from my Dumb Phone
>>>
>>> On Mar 24, 2022, at 4:16 PM, Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-wandering-domain_theorem
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQkZVPU2txg&ab_channel=TheAbelPrize
>>>
>>> Been thinking about fractals and analytic continuations for recursive
>>> algorithms, lately. I would love to read some thoughts.
>>>
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