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| © 2012 Sylvia Liu |
From “Spherical Harmonics for Dummies” (yes, there is such a link, and no, you still can’t understand it):
“Spherical harmonics functions are the solution of the Laplace's differential equation . . . What is meant is every point on a unit sphere has a numeric value. . . .Just because a function has values for every point on the sphere doesn't mean there is a sphere.”
So…
Points on
Spheres like marbles, planets, bubbles about to burst,
Harmonic in their convergence,
Differential in their functions.
A clink clank point on an orb with filaments of magic and game,
A human, ant, or stalk of corn, roaming or rooted on the blue orb,
A soapy iridescent sheen on an unstable thinning surface.
Just because you have value
And made your place on the sphere
Doesn’t mean there is a sphere.
Spherical! It's Warhol + Dada + Stein + Einstein + Liu.
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The eye is a spherical system. The simplest eyes detect only light and dark. More complex eyes collect and regulate light to form an image, convert the image into code, and transmit the code to the visual cortex of the brain. At times, the code can be corrupted and cause instability, meaning, if the eye sees an eye doesn't mean there is an eye.
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