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.