Infinity and the mind
by Rudy Rucker
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The symbol for infinity that one sees most often is the lazy eight curve, technically called the lemniscate.
The symbol for infinity that one sees most often is the lazy eight curve, technically called the lemniscate.
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InfiniteSet theorySymbolic and mathematical LogicLogique symbolique et mathématiqueInfiniEnsembles, Théorie des
First published 1982About the author
Rudy Rucker
22 March 1946
Rudolf "Rudy" von Bitter Rucker is a writer and a mathematician who worked for twenty years as a Silicon Valley computer science professor, and published a number of software packages. Rucker is regarded as contemporary master of science-fiction, and received the Philip K. Dick award twice. His forty published books include novels, collections, and non-fiction books on the fourth dimension, infinity, and the meaning of computation. A founder of the cyberpunk school of science-fiction, Rucker also writes SF in a realistic style known as transrealism. His 2006 *Mathematicians in Love* was an example of a transreal novel. His early cyberpunk four-book series was republished in 2010 as *Th…
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