5th january 2009

numeracy

                                    love / life                                                                                         quantum / inanimacy

                                        1 x 1                                                                                                      1 + 1

                                        and                                                                                                         and

                                       1 ¸ Ö                                                                                                      1  - ½

october 2009

                               permutations                                                                                      combinations

 

              there are two permutations of 1 and 2...                                            there is one combination of 1 and 2...

 

                                  1/2 and 2/1                                                                                              1/2

 

                                  1 x 2 = 2                                                                                          1 + 1 = 2 - 1 = 1

 

           there are six permutations of 1, 2 and 3...                                     there are three combinations of 1, 2, and 3... 

 

             1/2/3, 1/3/2, 2/1/3, 2/3/1, 3/1/2 and 3/2/1                                                              1/2, 1/3 and 2/3

 

                                 1 x 2 x 3 = 6                                                                                 1 + 2  + 3 = 6 - 3 = 3

 

       there are twenty four permutations of 1, 2, 3 and 4...                         there are six combinations of 1, 2, 3, and 4...

 

           1/2/3/4, 1/2/4/3, 1/3/2/4, 1/3/4/2, 1/4/3/2, 1/4/2/1,                                      1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 2/3, 2/4, and 3/4

 

            2/1/3/4, 2/1/4/3, 2/3/1/4, 2/3/4/1, 2/4/1/2, 2/4/1/3,                                       1 + 2 + 3 + 4  = 10 - 4 = 6

 

           3/1/2/4, 3/1/4/2, 3/2/1/4, 3/2/4/2, 3/4/1/2, 3/4/2/1,                         there are ten combinations of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5..

 

            4/1/2/3, 4/1/3/2, 4/2/1/3, 4/2/3/1, 4/3/1/2 and 4/3/2/1                   1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 3/4, 3/5, and 4/5

 

                                1 x 2 x 3 x 4 = 24                                                                  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15 - 5 = 10

 

                                    and so on                                                                                           and so on

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