13548 - Recycling the name

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou

Recycling the name

from grandfather to grandson

is not only a matter

of a hellenic tradition;

together they represent

a notion of mathematics

since they both are

elements of the same class

and like the names

of the weekdays

are gone to return

they live and die

in the same circle,

always in the same way

but with one difference

which makes the difference

and changes the given

in every circle

because the process

is in reality

always polycyclic

except that every circle

believes that it is

unique

while the whole idea

is that it is

substantial

since it allows

evolution

and transcendence

with the knowledge

of the past.