September 10, 2008 12:26PM
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> Don't assume that they applied the same design
> rules in every case.
>>Who said anything about same design rules?" I asked what they represented with the other two?
Me: You did: "So what do the other two pyramids' "perimeter divided by the height" tell us they knew"
>If one-offs, then how do you know they were purposeful inclusions in the design?
Me: Not one offs, but applied in different contexts in different ways at different times.
>And why repeat "old news"(i.e same 5.5 seked) from previous billboard displays in a new pyramid fit for a Pharoah?
Me: I think they were trying to reach the best combination of factors. Once they had done that they wanted to try something slightly different after G1/.
> The cultural context suggests each pyramid was an
> original new expression of traditional forms.
>>What evidence suggests that the Pharoah's tomb was a depository of mathematical knowledge?
Me: It wasn't. But they used mathematics to apply the desired symbolic proportions.
> G2 has a section that is a 3-4-5 triangle, G3 may
> be the same as G1, but the final dimensions are
> uncertain.
G2 has a section that is (5 + 1/4)-7-(8 + 3/4) according to their ways and you interpret it as a 3-4-5 triangle.
Me: Their way was to consider the base and height dimensions and then work out a Seked from it, going by the Rhind papyrus.
>>A circle has an inherent Pi inclusion, that you can find if you want it there, but you need to prove the person drawing a circle on the beach meant to show that relation and not simply had drawn an interpretation of the moon/sun.
Me: You need to understand what teh symbolism meant to realise why they included it. Hopefully my forthcoming publication will finally make the facts quite clear.
Dave Light
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