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Qabbalistic Oddments 01
The Decimal Basins
Zero Philosophy
Apr 21, 2021
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Operations of cumulation-decimation reach the following end states or fixed cycles.
Basin-0 (0): 0 » 0 …
Basin-1 (9): 8 » (36) 9 » (45) 9 … 9 » (45) 9 …
Basin-2 (1): 1 » 1 … 4 » (10) 1 » 1 ... 7 » (28) 1 » 1 …
Basin-3 (3): 2 » 3 » 6 » (21) 3 … 3 » 6 » (21) 3 … 5 » (15) 6 » (21) 3 … 6 » (21) 3 …
Decimal numeracy contains four implicit digital equilibria. Any cumulation-decimation process
will fall into one of these, and remain there. They can be framed as abstract sinks or basins of
attraction.
Each exhibits distinctive characteristics.
These can be classified by their power of capture. What – and first of all how much – does each
take beside itself?
The result is an assignment of values, 3, 2, 1, 0.
As a bonus, captivation values can be adopted as ordinal indices.
They then acquire informative (or non-arbitrary) tags.
Their names say what – or at least how much – they do.
Basin-0 captures nothing. From it nothing enters or leaves. Uniquely, it coincides with its own
index. Singularity is not unity, but the subtraction of unity from the unit.
Basin-1 brings the octave to novelty. Unity has no place in it, unless in the difference between
eight and nine.
Basin-2, finally, reaches unity, in two ways. Four and seven both feed it.