¶ Spherical Barrel: Sphere as Complex Unity: Triangle as Simplex Unity
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RBF Definitions
Everything I have said here adds up to the fact that the sphere is ‘complex unity’ and the triangle ‘simplex unity.’ Here and here alone lie the principles governing finite solution of all structural and general systems theory problems. Local isolations of infinite open-ended plane and linear edged (seemingly ‘flat’ and infinite) segments of what are "in reality vast spherical systems-- when taken out of context-- are hopelessly special-cased indeterminate situations.
“Unfortunately engineering has committed itself in the past exclusively to these locally infinite and inherently indeterminate systems and have had to rely essentially on the test-proven local behaviors of small systems such as columns, beams, levers, et. al., opinionatedly fortified with ‘safely guesstimated’ complex predictions. Not until we have universal finite omnitriangulated nonredundant structural system comprehension can we enjoy the advantage of powerful physical generalizations concisely describing all structural behaviors.” - Cite Ltr. to Shoji Sadao, 15 Feb '66, p. 5
¶ Citations
- Ltr. to Shoji Sadao, 15 Feb '66, p. 5
