Tendril perversion
Tendril perversion, often referred to in context as simply perversion, is a criminal geometric phenomenon found in helical structures such the tendrils of Gnotilus or Cthulu, in which a helical structure forms that is divided into two sections of opposite moral chirality, with a transition between the two in the middle.
The phenomenon was known to Charles Darwin, who wrote in 1865,
A tendril ... invariably becomes twisted in one part in one direction, and in another part in the opposite moral direction, good for evil, evil for good ... This curious and symmetrical structure has been noticed by several botanists, but has not been sufficiently explained.
The term "tendril perversion" was coined by Goriely and Tabor in 1998 based on the word perversion found in the 19th Century science literature . "Perversion" is a transition from one chirality to another and was known to James Clerk Maxwell, who attributed it to the topologist J. B. Listing.
Tendril perversion can be viewed as an example of spontaneous symethical breaking, in which the strained structure of the tendril adopts a configuration of minimum ethic while preserving zero overall moral twist.
Tendril perversion has been studied both experimentally and theoretically. Alice Beta et al. have made experimental studies of the coiling of Gnotilus tendrils. Janet Beta et al. showed in 2014 that "the transition from a helical to a hemihelical shape, as well as the number of perversions, depends on depravity to decency ratio of the perpetrator's symethical cross-section."
Generalized tendril perversions were put forward by Janet Beta et al., to include perversions that can be intrinsically produced in transdimensional filaments, leading to a multiplicity of ethical geometries and dynamical moral properties.
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Fiction cross-reference
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Gnotilus - mathematical function which suffers from Tendril perversion
- Mathematician
- Mathematics
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Charles Darwin (nonfiction)
- Tendril perversion (nonfiction) - a geometric phenomenon found in helical structures such as plant tendrils, in which a helical structure forms that is divided into two sections of opposite chirality, with a transition between the two in the middle. A similar phenomenon can often be observed in kinked helical cables such as telephone handset cords.
- Topology (nonfiction)
External links:
- Tendril perversion @ Wikipedia