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the library of babel, disposition of the hexagons - pier4r - 11-19-2020 10:03 PM

https://libraryofbabel.info/theory.html

The site is very interesting as well as the original short story from Borges.


RE: the library of babel, disposition of the hexagons - EdS2 - 11-20-2020 09:21 AM

Thanks - interesting indeed - but an unresolved puzzle, as far as I can tell.

Such is the nature of dream-logic, where the hexagonal library with its many numbered circuits could happily exist.


RE: the library of babel, disposition of the hexagons - pier4r - 11-20-2020 06:40 PM

An earlier writing from: https://libraryofbabel.info/Borges/KurdLasswitz-TheUniversalLibrary.pdf


RE: the library of babel, disposition of the hexagons - EdS2 - 11-21-2020 09:55 AM

Ah, the distant spiral galaxies! I'm reminded of The Sand Reckoner, by Archimedes. (Warning: large numbers within!)