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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Can one change/alter his/her Destiny / Karma?

Today, I encountered with the same old question again,, this question is being asked several time by some friends of mine and even by me to myself. here is this post(in picture) where we are gonna find it. i will appreciate your participation...
"(Can we change/alter our Destiny and Karma??"
Actually this question is more important in religious context rather than of philosophy or physics.. but we will generalize it and will find its roots and answers in all possible streams.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Widow's Grief (an Extremely Sad Story)




Widow's Grief 

(A sad story)

I wish my husband hadn't died. I wish I had him back

I wish my husband hadn't died. I wish I had him back
Please don't be afraid to speak my husband's name. My husband lived and was very important to me. I appreciate hearing that he was important to you as well.
If I cry and get emotional when you talk about my husband, know that it isn't because you have hurt me. My husband 's death is the cause of my tears. You have talked about my husband, and you have allowed me to share my grief. I thank you for both.
Please don't feel you need to remove his pictures, artwork, or other remembrances from your home. They are a reminder that he lived and loved. They don't make me sad. The fact that he's dead makes me sad. I love to see pictures of him and things he was a part of.
Being a bereaved wife is not contagious, so please don't shy away from me. I need you more than ever. But sometimes I'm not going to be very fun to be around, or I'm not going to accept your invitation. Please don't give up on me and accept me for being able to do what I can cope with at the time. Just because I've said no to the past four invitations doesn't mean I'm going to say no to the next one. I appreciate you patience with me.
I need diversions, so I do want to hear about you, but I also want you to hear about me. I might be sad and I might cry, but I appreciate it if you let me talk about my husband, my favorite topic of the day.
I know that you think of and pray for me often. I also know that my husband's death pains you, too. Please feel free to let me know things through a phone call, a card or a note, or a real big hug.
Please don't expect my grief to be over in this first year. These first few months have traumatic for me, but I need you to understand that my grief will never be over. I will always miss my husband, and I will always grieve that he is dead. I will suffer the death of my husband until the day I die.
Please don't expect me "not to think about it" or to "be happy". I always think about him and happiness is something that I can't just make happen, so don't frustrate yourself. On days when I seem happy or seem not to be thinking about it, know that some bereaved wives are Academy Award winning actresses. And even if I'm genuinely happy, I'm still thinking about him every second of every day and wishing he was here.
I don't want to have a "pity party," but I hope you will let me grieve in the way I need to. I must hurt before I can heal. I will let you know what I need and I'd appreciate it if you just accept whatever it is. I'm working really hard on honoring and feeling my grief, so I heal as well as possible. And know that as I'm healing, large scars are being formed on my heart.
I wish you understood how my life has shattered. I know it is miserable for you to be around me when I'm feeling miserable. Please be as patient with me as I am with you.
When I say, "I'm doing okay," I hope you understand that I don't always feel okay and that I struggle daily with this new reality.
I have many new areas in my life that I'm now solely responsible for, plus grieving the loss of my love, and some days, many days, that is overwhelming. When I became a Mom, I knew that my marriage would always remain, that I'd never be a single parent because of divorce. I never thought about being a single parent because of death. It is so hard to just be the only parent and hold down a full time job, without even adding the overwhelming burden of the grief we all feel. Thank you for your support of my family. We need it now more than ever.
I want you to know that all of the grief reactions I'm having are very normal. Depression, anger, hopelessness and overwhelming sadness are all to be expected. So please excuse me when I'm quiet and withdrawn or irritable and cranky.
I'm not only taking my life one day at a time, but one hour at a time, one minute at a time. Please be patient with me.
Grief changes people. When my husband died, a big part of me died with him. I am not the same person I was before my husband died, and I will never be that person again. Please don't look for her. She's not coming back.
I wish very much that you could understand - understand my loss and my grief, my silence and my tears, my void and my pain. But I pray daily that you will never understand. 


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(I found this story of widow on internet where there was no information about her) Please express your views about this soul touching feeling of this great lady.       Thanks


Friday, May 20, 2011

Music and Mathematics – Gold Mesh

Mathematics and music, two seemingly opposite disciplines. In the first case, the common feeling of belonging to the driving cold, rational and abstract. The latter, of course, calls to embrace the emotion and art. So what do these two things have to do with each other?
Music in one of its most basic form is concerned with changing the quality of time. This creates what we interpret as rhythm and melody. Here mathematics is its place of entryin the scene.
Fibonacci series (named after Leonardo of Pisa) is an infinite sequence of numbers so that each new number is the two previous numbers in the sequence of the sum. For example, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, … etc. are the Fibonacci numbers, 1 = 0 + 1 2 = 1 + 1 + 2 3 = 1, etc. .. The relationship between a number of his ex in such a sequence is called a Fibonacci ratio, and converge to a single threshold constant, the golden section. The golden ratio is often in the musicalCompositions. Many great works in the history of the golden ratio have inadvertently share their compositions used symmetrically on the golden section. It 'very important as a tool for the structural organization of music. An example is Handel's famous chorus, "Hallelujah," which consists of about 94 measures. The entrance of the famous trumpet solo is done between 57 ° and 58 measures, just 8/13ths (such as the golden section) of the road for the entirePiece of music. Many other studies have shown that Mozart's piano sonatas and the relationship between exposure and Reprise in sync with the golden-section.
It 'does not mean that many great artists and musicians, and began to think about mathematics when they create their works, but rather that the harmony and beauty of nature in mathematical proportions and that the investigation of the structure and symmetry of objects deeper understanding of different mathematical beauty,Art, emotion and life.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

“If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven? “ David Hilbert

Riemann hypothesis

In mathematics, the Riemann hypothesis, proposed by Bernhard Riemann (1859), is a conjecturezeros of the Riemann zeta function which states that all non-trivial zeros have real part 1/2. The name is also used for some closely related analogues, such as the Riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields. about the distribution of the

The Riemann hypothesis implies results about the distribution of prime numbers that are in some ways as good as possible. Along with suitable generalizations, it is considered by some mathematicians to be the most important unresolved problem in pure mathematics (Bombieri 2000). The Riemann hypothesis is part of Problem 8, along with the Goldbach conjecture, in Hilbert's list of 23 unsolved problems, and is also one of the Clay Mathematics Institute Millennium Prize Problems. Since it was formulated, it has withstood concentrated efforts from many outstanding mathematicians. In 1973, Pierre Deligne proved that the Riemann hypothesis held true over finite fields. The full version of the hypothesis remains unsolved, although modern computer calculations have shown that the first 10 trillion zeros lie on the critical line.

The Riemann zeta function ζ(s) is defined for all complex numbers s ≠ 1. It has zeros at the negative even integers (i.e. at s = −2, −4, −6, ...). These are called the trivial zeros. The Riemann hypothesis is concerned with the non-trivial zeros, and states that:
The real part of any non-trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function is 1/2.
Thus the non-trivial zeros should lie on the critical line, 1/2 + it, where t is a real number and i is the imaginary unit.
There are several popular books on the Riemann hypothesis, such as Derbyshire (2003), Rockmore (2005), Sabbagh (2003), du Sautoy (2003). The books Edwards (1974), Patterson (1988) and Borwein et al. (2008) give mathematical introductions, while Titchmarsh (1986), Ivić (1985) and Karatsuba & Voronin (1992) are advanced monographs.

Friday, March 4, 2011

books

I love books with the ability to inspire readers. Many non-mathematicians consider mathematics as something abstruse and complicated, suitable only for ‘nerds’. Often I highlight the unfounded nature of this prejudice, but nothing is more effective at disproving this stigma than a good book. I was in fact able to quickly change many of my friends’ views on the topic, by just giving them a good book which shows the beauty and fascinating nature of mathematics and science in general. The following is a list of great titles, most of which are fairly cheap. Not all of them are suitable for the mathematically illiterate though, and thus cannot simply be considered popular science. In the description I’ll give you fair warning if a particular title is better suited to those who are more advanced when it comes to math.
  1. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: an original biography of the genius Paul Erdős, who was arguably the most prolific mathematician of the last century , renowned for being just as much of an eccentric as a math whiz. This book won its author a 1999 Aventis Prize for Science Books and you can watch a lecture that the author, Paul Hoffman, gave about the subject. As you can expect for such a unique mathematician, this book is filled with anecdotes and fascinating facts. If you are like me, you’ll buy a copy for yourself and will end up buying copies for your friends as a means of providing them with a light and interesting reading.
  2. An Imaginary Tale: The Story of “i” [the square root of minus one]: complex numbers are what puzzle many non-mathematicians the most. It’s intuitively easy to explain Rational and Real numbers to the layman, but complex numbers are often seen as something mysterious. In this book, Nahin goes the extra mile in his attempt to provide historical details as well as insight into the motivation behind complex analysis, offering a serious introduction to the topic that will also serve many mathematically inclined high schoolers and freshmen well.
  3. Dr. Euler’s Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills: the author, Nahin, follows up his first book above with this gem – with a somewhat ridiculous title – about the most beautiful equation in the history of mathematics: \displaystyle e^{\i\pi} + 1 = 0. It’s a delightful read, but beware that the author cuts to the chase in this one, and expects from the reader a solid understanding of complex numbers, as he exposes the application in various fields and covers advanced topics such as Fourier Series and Integrals (dedicating a chapter to each of them). Therefore I would consider the book “An Imaginary Tale” above, a prerequisite before approaching this book.
  4. Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid: this book is one of the most famous bestsellers in the world, and should have a spot in any technically minded person’s library. I would argue that it is a particularly good read for programmers. It’s really hard to give justice to this tome in a few lines, so if you want you can read more about it through the reviews on Amazon or through its wikipedia entry.
  5. Mathematics for the Nonmathematician: history and methodologies of mathematics are well covered in this very inexpensive title. It combines two aspects which are difficult to match: it’s a page-turner like many math popular titles, while being instructional as well as an effective introductory text to basic mathematics for students and amateur mathematicians alike .
  6. God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History: the historic introduction to some of the greatest mathematicians who’ve ever walked the face of the earth is worth the cover price alone. But this book is so much more than that, covering a wide range of mathematical topics which have been developed throughout history, in an accessible but rigorous way. It is admittedly more challenging than your average popular math title, but if you already have some mathematical basics mastered and are willing to work through it, you’ll gain a lot of insight about the nature of mathematics and the discoveries made by the giants of math from this excellent book.
  7. Fermat’s Last Theorem: if you are interested in learning more about the history and fascinating tales which surround one of the most well known theorems, this book will provide you with a marvelous and entertaining way to spend a Sunday afternoon. My wife who is not a mathematician, simply loved this book for its rich story telling and coverage of a topic with substantial historical significance.
  8. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography: another intriguing title, by the same author of Fermat’s Last Theorem above. This book will get you excited about the topic of encryption and its history, from the time of Caesar right up to the future direction which encryption is taking in today’s technology based world. It currently has 5 stars on Amazon with 232 positive reviews out of 234.
  9. To Infinity and Beyond: What’s infinity? What it is its impact on mathematics and what are its cultural implications that it holds? These questions are clearly answered in this book which provides a beautiful exposition that is accessible to anyone. Read this book and chances are you’ll feel a sense of enlightenment as you soak up the words of this amazing writer. I would particularly recommend it as a gift for teenagers in high school, as a way of getting them interested in mathematics. This book will provide them with an essay on the reasons behind the study of Calculus and the practical implications within the areas of Art and Astronomy as well.
  10. Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics: unsolved number theory problems are a huge fascination for many mathematicians and hobbyists. It’s a fun field full of challenges and discoveries just waiting to spring forth. ‘Prime Obsession’ focuses on the Riemann’s Hypothesis, the most important unsolved problem in Mathematics. A reviewer on Amazon does an excellent job at describing the beauty of this book, quoting him: “Prime Obsession is a delight: a book about a hypothesis on the distribution of prime numbers that reads like a gripping mystery. Most fiction isn’t this vivid, moving, and well written, and this is no fiction. It is history, biography, philosophy, and, yes, mathematics brought to life with wit and wonder. You have to read this extraordinary book. This is the story of the Reimann Hypothesis, the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics today.“.
In the comments below feel free to share your thoughts on these books (if you have read any of them) and add other to the list which are near and dear to your own mathematical heart.
… No differential equations were harmed in the making of this post. :-)