Wednesday, June 2, 2010

12- successor function

one way we define numbers is through
the union of sets; the {empty set} and its
{successor}. n+1 = n U {n}. a body is a number
then, a cell and its successor and its successor,
repeating more times than stars in the galaxy.
two bodies together is a new number
undefined until the union is created,
a body and its successor,
its partner

1 comment:

  1. thank you for this!
    i was trying to push in a mathy direction and just couldn't make it happen.

    this is reminiscent of Eleni Sikelianos somehow, i love it!

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