The Rhythm and Cadence of The Universe Found in Mathematics
The story of algebra and its foundations; image by Freepik
I have been very interested in the sequence of homo sapiens learning algebra and complex scientific theories.
I also am a student of Arabic, as I studied conflict resolution in the Middle East as an undergraduate student, and lived in Jordan and traveled around the region in my early 20s. I became pretty advanced in the language.
There is a cadence to Arabic that I have not found in any other language. The grammar of it is extremely mathematical. It’s rhythmical.
I also know Spanish, French, Bambara, and Malinke. However, none compare to the scientific grammatical structure of Arabic.
Arabic as a language is suggested by Google AI to date back to the 8th century BC.
Migration, trade, etc. was happening all around that region. So this could be a start of homo sapiens learning this cadence. You can read more about this language in my article here.
Then, the Babylonians (Middle East) and Egyptians began using algebraic concepts around 1900–1600 BC.
The Egyptians developed extremely complex scientific discoveries, including using sacred geometric principles. The Babylonians included advanced quadratic and cubic equations.
Then there was a Greek contribution by Diophatus around 200–300 AD
According to Google AI he is considered by them to be the “father of algebra”. It is fascinating though, that he also follows a rhythm, a beat of the universe!
Read this from Wikipedia:
“The only definitive piece of information about his life is derived from a set of mathematical puzzles attributed to the 5th or 6th century CE grammarian Metrodorus preserved in book 14 of the Greek Anthology. One of the problems (sometimes called Diophantus’ epitaph) states:
Here lies Diophantus, the wonder behold. Through art algebraic, the stone tells how old: ‘God gave him his boyhood one-sixth of his life, One twelfth more as youth while whiskers grew rife; And then yet one-seventh ere marriage begun; In five years there came a bouncing new son. Alas, the dear child of master and sage After attaining half the measure of his father’s life chill fate took him. After consoling his fate by the science of numbers for four years, he ended his life.’
This puzzle implies that Diophantus’ age x can be expressed as
x = x/6 + x/12 + x/7 + 5 + x/2 + 4
which gives x a value of 84 years. However, the accuracy of the information cannot be confirmed.”
Isn’t it interesting that the highlighted part is actually poetry? So Diophantus was also in rhythm with the universe, and so able to be a scientific genius.
Then we have al-Khwarizmi, an Arab mathematician. This is a super fascinating story. Instead of using numbers, he used words, he used Arabic! It is called rhetorical algebra:
Al-Khwarizmi’s work, particularly his Al-jabr, used full sentences to describe algebraic problems and their solutions. For example, instead of writing “x + 2 = 4”, he would have written “A thing plus two equals four”.
This is really complex. He must have been in rhythm with the cadence of Arabic, and used the words rather than numbers to teach these concepts and understand them, which would align with the rhythm of the Universe.
What’s even more interesting is that he was able to use rhetorical algebra to do quadratic equations. “A quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second degree, meaning it contains a term where the variable is raised to the power of two. The general form of a quadratic equation is ax² + bx + c = 0, where ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ are constants, and ‘a’ cannot be zero.”
Also, al-Khwarizmi uses the term “completion, or restoration.” This is fascinating, spiritually and scientifically.
al-Khwarizmi’s Treatise:
In the 9th century, al-Khwarizmi’s book, al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah, introduced the systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations using the concept of “al-jabr” (restoration or completion).
As a spiritual person, this is really interesting. Mathematicians have been trying to understand the universe and equal their equations to zero. Could there be clues here? For quantum physicists and others?
Al-Khwarizmi also “wrote on Indian numerals, which were the basis for the decimal system. In the 12th century, Robert of Chester translated Al-Khwarizmi’s “Hisab al-jabr w’al-muqabala” into Latin, making it accessible to European scholars.
This translation, and others of Al-Khwarizmi’s works on Indian numerals, were instrumental in bringing the decimal system (including the concept of zero) to Europe, revolutionizing mathematical practices.
Fibonacci, another influential mathematician, further popularized the decimal system in Europe after learning about it in North Africa and through studying Al-Khwarizmi’s work.” — Google AI
Then another really interesting piece of information has come about through Alan Green about Shakespeare’s sonnets.
Robert Edward Grant summarizes his work well:
“My colleague Alan Green has decoded the work of William Shakespeare revealing a stunning mathematical mystery hidden within the title page of Shakespeare’s sonnets. He has revealed that dozens of mathematical constants are encoded by the proportions of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Furthermore, he found that three primary units of measure, the meter, the foot and the cubit are all related, connected by the basic proportions of the Great Pyramid and that none of those units of measure are arbitrary.”
So it seems, there must be a mathematical rhythmical cadence to the universe.
Fascinating!
I also began noticing this while a graduate student at Harvard and MIT.
One of my roommates was a Harvard scientist and he would just play the piano like Mozart without any script in front of him. Just from his Heart. Then I changed houses, and had another Harvard scientist I was living with, and he could also do the same. Both were able to produce incredibly beautiful music that would just come out of their hearts so effortlessly and easily. Einstein played the violin. Coincidence?
Does anybody else have any other insights, questions, clues?
Written by
Ashley Heacock, Researcher, Writer, Mentor, Guide
MIT Sloan School of Management, MBA
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPA
The George Washington University, BA Economics, BA International Affairs
Contact: ashleyheacock@gmail.com
Website: awakeningconsciousness.community
