terry mcintyre: <[email protected]>: >The article says that the name of the program, Akara, is a Buddhist word which >means "10 to the 224th power" -- which suggests an origin much earlier than >"back in the 90s", and a rather interesting numerical system. Why would the >224th power of 10 be a single word? > >224 = 32 * 7 = 2^5 * 7 > >There is probably an interesting reason to consider 224 as a "special" number >in >some taxonomy of numbers. Perhaps it is a series of powers of 2 times 7 ==> >14, >28, 56, 112, 224
Yes. In buddhaavataMsaka-naama-mahaa-vaipulya-suutra, vol. 45 (also, at the bottom of http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%BD%E6%95%B0%E6%B3%95): Kutei 10^7 Ayuta 10^(7*2) Nayuta 10^(7*(2^2)) Binbara 10^(7*(2^3)) Kongara 10^(7*(2^4)) Akara 10^(7*(2^5)) Saisho 10^(7*(2^6)) Mabara 10^(7*(2^7)) Abara 10^(7*(2^8)) Tabara 10^(7*(2^9)) Kaibun 10^(7*(2^10)) Fuma 10^(7*(2^11)) Nema 10^(7*(2^12)) Abaken 10^(7*(2^13)) Mikaba 10^(7*(2^14)) Biraka 10^(7*(2^15)) Bikaba 10^(7*(2^16)) Sogarama 10^(7*(2^17)) Bisara 10^(7*(2^18)) Bisemba 10^(7*(2^19)) Bijoga 10^(7*(2^20)) Bisuda 10^(7*(2^21)) Bibaka 10^(7*(2^22)) Bibatei 10^(7*(2^23)) Bikyatan 10^(7*(2^24)) Shoryo 10^(7*(2^25)) Ichiji 10^(7*(2^26)) Iro 10^(7*(2^27)) Tendo 10^(7*(2^28)) Sanmaya 10^(7*(2^29)) Bitora 10^(7*(2^30)) Keibara 10^(7*(2^31)) Shisatsu 10^(7*(2^32)) Shuko 10^(7*(2^33)) Koshutu 10^(7*(2^34)) Saimyo 10^(7*(2^35)) Nairaba 10^(7*(2^36)) Kariba 10^(7*(2^37)) Ichido 10^(7*(2^38)) Karibo 10^(7*(2^39)) Karisan 10^(7*(2^40)) Keiroka 10^(7*(2^41)) Tatsurahoda 10^(7*(2^42)) Karona 10^(7*(2^43)) Marona 10^(7*(2^44)) Zamboda 10^(7*(2^45)) Eirada 10^(7*(2^46)) Maroma 10^(7*(2^47)) Chobuku 10^(7*(2^48)) Rikyoman 10^(7*(2^49)) Fudo 10^(7*(2^50)) Gokuryo 10^(7*(2^51)) Amatara 10^(7*(2^52)) Bomatara 10^(7*(2^53)) Gamatara 10^(7*(2^54)) Namatara 10^(7*(2^55)) Keimatara 10^(7*(2^56)) Beimatara 10^(7*(2^57)) Haramatara 10^(7*(2^58)) Shibamatara 10^(7*(2^59)) Eira 10^(7*(2^60)) Beira 10^(7*(2^61)) Taira 10^(7*(2^62)) Gera 10^(7*(2^63)) Sohora 10^(7*(2^64)) Naira 10^(7*(2^65)) Keira 10^(7*(2^66)) Sairaq 10^(7*(2^67)) Heira 10^(7*(2^68)) Meira 10^(7*(2^69)) Sharada 10^(7*(2^70)) ... #Sorry, tired (@_@) Fukasetsu 10^(7*(2^119)) Fukasetsuten 10^(7*(2^120)) Fukasetsu-fukasetsu 10^(7*(2^121)) Fukasetsu-fukasetsuten 10^(7*(2^122)) #Fukasetsu-fukasetsuten equals to 10^37218383881977644441306597687849648128. Cf. http://www.7key.jp/data/kansuuzi.html#omake (in Japanese) NB: Above words are not the original (Sanskrit) but Japanese translations. Hideki >http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go -- Hideki Kato <mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
