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Monthly Archives: May 2020

The math behind Gravity’s Rainbow (Part 6): Power Series

Gravity’ Rainbow can be a lot of fun. But there are also these episodes being absolutely bleak and repulsive. There is this famous scene where a character eats shit. But I think all the stuff about sexual violence is much harder to stomach: She recalls his teeth before any other feature, teeth were to benefit…

May 21, 2020 in Gravity's Rainbow, Math, Pynchon.

The math behind Gravity’s Rainbow (Part 5): Going all around on a swing

My grandmother always encouraged me to try going all around on a swing. At the time I thought this was pretty reckless of her and I was much too scared to try it anyway. But she probably had read this section of Gravity’s Rainbow and knew I would be fine: Diverging oscillations of any kind…

May 16, 2020 in Gravity's Rainbow, Math, Pynchon.

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