Once again, the mathematics I am using uses a deliberately restricted pool of whole numbers. Over time, the rationale for this has evolved somewhat. Fifteen or twenty years ago, if you had asked Michael Morton or I to explain this, we probably would have told you the reason for this concerned a desire for compatibilityContinue reading “The Metonic Problem”
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The Metonic Cycle
In the preceding post, I wrote “The value of 22 t units seen on the diagram of El Caracol translates to 1.870078740 x 22 = 41.14173228, which is perhaps rather evocative of 1/10 of the 411.78443029 day Full Moon Cycle, although it could be something else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year It really hasn’t been sorted out whether, forContinue reading “The Metonic Cycle”
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