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An Exploration of Unexpected Parallels

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An Exploration of Unexpected Parallels across three entirely different worlds: of an Indian Chronicle of epic proportions [Mahabharata], Centuries-old brilliant craftmanship manifested in clever devices like Locks and the only absolute truth in the Universe Mathematics

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Harper Collins Publishers India
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English
Pages
222

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Subjects
fractals, locks, Criticism, interpretation, Locks and keys, Ancient Mathematics, Mahābhārata
People
Paolo Valmes, Jon Peterson, Niccolo Tartaglia, Fibonacci, Euclid, Martin Hellman, Whitfield Diffe, Sierpinski, Dr John Craven, Von Neumann
Places
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Aligarh, Norfolk Virginia

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Table of Contents

Preface / ix
1 Draupadi, the Lock with Five keys and Polynomials / 1
2 Jarasndha, the split Lock and Symmetries / 33
3 The Illusory Palace, Invisible Keyholes and Elusive codes / 51
4 Yudhisthira's Gamble, Chancy Locks and Mathematical Probabilities / 75
5 Hanuman's Tail, The Monkey Lock and Long-tailed Distributions / 87
6 The Enchanted Pool, a Lock That Thwarts Insertion of the Key and Problems That Resist Direct Attacks / 103
7 Abhimanyu, the One-way Lock and The Spaceship from the Moon / 119
8 'Aswatthama Kujaraha', Fractional Locks and Keys , and Fractals / 133
9 The Scorpion Bite of Karna, Scorpion Locks and Bayesian Search for the USS Scorpion / 163
10 Shukraccharya and Kacha, a Pair of Interacting Keys, and Binary Stars / 185
Appendix / 201
Notes / 203
Index / 207

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Copyright Date
2013

Classifications

Library of Congress
BL1138.27 .R344 2013

Contributors

Typesetter
R. Ajith Kumar
Cover Design
Nilofer Suleman and Shilo Shiv Suleman
Illustrator
Roopalika
Illustrator
Nilofer Suleman and Shilo Shiv Suleman
Author
V.Raghunathan

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xii, 210
Number of pages
222

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25620714M
ISBN 13
9789350296431
LCCN
2013413283
OCLC/WorldCat
875399994

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