4 Aug 2007 @ 18:21, by John Ringland
Some Intriguing Mathematical Properties of the
Mayan Calendar
This is a brief mathematical analysis
of the cycles of the "Tun" or the transcendent Mayan
'calendar'. The analysis reveals some very interesting numerical
properties, which show that it is certainly not a random concoction
but in fact describes a complex and finely tuned process.
The general process relies on a
system of cycles where each cycle is 20 times shorter than the
previous cycle. Hence it tends asymptotically toward some point in
time (year 2012). The cycle periods become shorter and shorter so
that as the cycle number tends to infinity the cycle period tends to
zero, i.e. the cycles become infinitely fast.
The so called 'calendar' is not a
description of linear time like contemporary calendars, it is a model
of cycles of creative activity. Hence it describes an evolutionary
model where each creative cycle unfolds and produces the basis for
the next cycle of creation. In such a process each cycle becomes
faster than the previous one, as is seen throughout biological and
human history. Initially there were long stretches of time between
innovations but as the reservoir of innovations builds up the process
of innovation accelerates. This process has been accelerating very
noticeably especially in the last few decades.
This article is a purely mathematical
analysis of the structure of the cyclic process and it is not
synchronised with conventional calendars as you can see below, the
year count begins at year zero. Hence this model makes no attempt to
predict at what particular date the Mayans propose that the process
will reach its asymptote, however according to other predictions it
will happen some time in 2012. The purpose of this analysis is to
explore the mathematical structure of the cyclic process and it has
some very interesting properties.
The basic model was derived from data
found at: http://www.mayanmajix.com/David_Icke_newsletter.html
However due to the cyclic nature of the process only a small portion
of that data was required to construct this model. Whilst the data
for the current cycle (the 8th cycle) is seemingly more exact, i.e.
from January 5 1999 to February 10 2011, there are complications due
to the arbitrary nature of our current calendar system and the
fundamental differences between the two calendar systems. For
example, our year zero is centred on estimates of the birth of Christ
and we also use the Roman 12 moon cycle that requires leap years and
other arbitrary corrections whereas the Mayan's used the more
accurate 13 moon cycle. Also, the exact times on those days in 1999
and 2011 are not known, hence I used the longest period data to
reduce the impact of these differences and uncertainties.
As you can see in the data, the
process begins with an initial cycle with a period of exactly 15.580
billion years. The next four cycles are also exact interger numbers
of years, where each is 20 times shorter than the previous, hence the
first five cycles are multiples of 20. Another interesting property
is that for both the periods and the years the decimal numbers end
with an alternating pattern of 375 and 875, which continues
indefinitely. The other interesting property is that the entire
process tends asymptotically towards exactly 16.4 billion years. I
have observed this process up to the 4628th cycle at which point the
cycle period was approximately 2.1E-6010 and the overall process
period was tending extremely close to 16.4E9. Both the period and the
year also ended with 875. This cycle is shown at the end of the list.
The basic model relies on the cyclic
interplay of the numbers 1558 and 20, which tend toward the number
1640. When 1558 is used any power of ten will give this general
behaviour but any slight deviation and the resulting process does not
tend toward an integer, however alternating patterns are still to be
found. So the numbers [link] define a very finely tuned
cyclic process. Note however that if the acceleration factor is
changed from 20 to 2 then any integer initial period will result in a
process that tends toward an integer value.
Cycle: Period:
Year:
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1
15580000000 0
2
779000000.00
15580000000
3
38950000.0000
16359000000.00
4
1947500.000000
16397950000.0000
5
97375.00000000
16399897500.000000
6
4868.7500000000
16399994875.00000000
7
243.437500000000
16399999743.7500000000
8
12.17187500000000
16399999987.187500000000
9
0.6085937500000000
16399999999.35937500000000
10
0.030429687500000000
16399999999.9679687500000000
11
0.00152148437500000000
16399999999.998398437500000000
12
0.0000760742187500000000
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13
0.000003803710937500000000
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14
1.9018554687500000000E-7
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15
9.5092773437500000000E-9
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16
4.75463867187500000000E-10
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17
2.377319335937500000000E-11
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18
1.1886596679687500000000E-12
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19
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20
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21
1.485824584960937500000000E-16
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22
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23
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25
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27
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28
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30
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cycle: 4628
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Below is the java code that was used to
produce the above output:
import java.math.*;
public class MayanCalendar {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int numCycles = 30;
BigDecimal multiplier = new BigDecimal("0.05");
BigDecimal period = new BigDecimal("15580000000");
BigDecimal year = new BigDecimal("0");
for(int cycle=1; cycle<numCycles+1; cycle++){
System.out.println(cycle + "\t" + period + "\t" + year);
year = year.add(period);
period = period.multiply(multiplier);
}
}
}
Analysis by John Ringland
Working Toward a Holistic
Science: http://www.anandavala.info
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