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A sinusoidal waves's path, when plotted to a time base, is a sine wave (particles execute transverse vibrations of a simple harmonic type); [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinusoidal Wikipedia] | A sinusoidal waves's path, when plotted to a time base, is a sine wave (particles execute transverse vibrations of a simple harmonic type); [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinusoidal Wikipedia] | ||
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This date is incorrect. The bombing of Malta began on June 11, 1940. [http://www.octopus-garden.com/english/malta/history/default.aspx History of Malta] | This date is incorrect. The bombing of Malta began on June 11, 1940. [http://www.octopus-garden.com/english/malta/history/default.aspx History of Malta] | ||
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There are no elephants on Malta, though there are fossilized remains of dwarf elephants at Ghar Dalam, near Birzebbuga. These remains prove that during the Pleistocene period the island was still connected to Sicily but cut off from North Africa. Apparently the animals got "trapped" on the island as they retreated towards warmer regions. | There are no elephants on Malta, though there are fossilized remains of dwarf elephants at Ghar Dalam, near Birzebbuga. These remains prove that during the Pleistocene period the island was still connected to Sicily but cut off from North Africa. Apparently the animals got "trapped" on the island as they retreated towards warmer regions. | ||
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This date is incorrect. [[#siege|See above...]] | This date is incorrect. [[#siege|See above...]] | ||
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A "step function" is a single real variable that remains constant within each of a series of adjacent intervals, but changes in value from one interval to the next. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_function Wikipedia] | A "step function" is a single real variable that remains constant within each of a series of adjacent intervals, but changes in value from one interval to the next. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_function Wikipedia] | ||
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From Pynchon's short story ''Entropy'': | From Pynchon's short story ''Entropy'': | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 15 May 2007
- Please keep these annotations SPOILER-FREE by not revealing information from later pages in the novel.
492-page edition / 547-page edition
307/337 - rhythms pulse regular and sinusoidal
A sinusoidal waves's path, when plotted to a time base, is a sine wave (particles execute transverse vibrations of a simple harmonic type); Wikipedia
318/351 - 8th of June
This date is incorrect. The bombing of Malta began on June 11, 1940. History of Malta
321/354 - elephants
There are no elephants on Malta, though there are fossilized remains of dwarf elephants at Ghar Dalam, near Birzebbuga. These remains prove that during the Pleistocene period the island was still connected to Sicily but cut off from North Africa. Apparently the animals got "trapped" on the island as they retreated towards warmer regions.
324/358 - the first bomb of 8 June 1940
This date is incorrect. See above...
331/366 - history is a step-function
A "step function" is a single real variable that remains constant within each of a series of adjacent intervals, but changes in value from one interval to the next. Wikipedia
338/375 - unconscious identification of ones own mother with the Virgin...
From Pynchon's short story Entropy:
- Henry Adams, three generations before his own, had stared aghast at Power; Callisto found himself now in much the same state over Thermodynamics, the inner life of that power, realizing like his predecessor that the Virgin and the dynamo stand as much for love as for power; that the two are indeed identical; and that love therefore not only makes the world go round but also makes the boccie ball spin, the nebula precess. [1]
References
- ↑ Pynchon, Thomas, Slow Learner, Jonathan Cape, 1985, pp.84-85
| Chapter 1 In which Benny Profane, a schlemihl and human yo-yo, gets to an apocheir 9/1 |
Chapter 2 The Whole Sick Crew 44/39 |
Chapter 3 In which Stencil, a quick-change artist, does eight impersonations 61/59 |
Chapter 4 In which Esther gets a nose job 95/97 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 5 In which Stencil nearly goes West with an alligator 111/115 |
Chapter 6 In which Profane returns to street level 134/141 |
Chapter 7 She hangs on the western wall 152/161 |
Chapter 8 In which Rachel gets her yo-yo back, Roony sings a song, and Stencil calls on Bloody Chiclitz 213/229 |
| Chapter 9 Mondaugen's story 229/247 |
Chapter 10 In which various sets of young people get together 280/305 |
Chapter 11 Confessions of Fausto Maijstral 304/333 |
Chapter 12 In which things are not so amusing 347/385 |
| Chapter 13 In which the yo-yo string is revealed as a state of mind 367/407 |
Chapter 14 V. in love 393/437 |
Chapter 15 Sahha 415/461 |
Chapter 16 Valletta 424/471 |
| Epilogue, 1919 456/507 |
