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Re^4: [OT] math fulguration

by LanX (Saint)
on Apr 06, 2021 at 22:44 UTC ( [id://11130923]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: [OT] math fulguration
in thread [OT] math fulguration

> Is there a link to a definition of "fulguration" in a mathematical context?

I'm pretty sure not, google would find it, never heard it.

I understood "lightning" and saw the parallel to German Geistesblitz (literally ghost/spirit + flash)

  • flash of inspiration
  • flash of wit
  • flash of genius
  • scintillation
  • sudden inspiration
  • brain wave (colloquial?)
  • sudden inspirations

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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Re^5: [OT] math fulguration
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Apr 06, 2021 at 23:03 UTC
    ... flash of inspiration ...

    Ah! I think you and choroba (here) are right.


    Give a man a fish:  <%-{-{-{-<

      :) yes ok.. I will not win the Fields Medal

      ..and English lacks the figurative sense of the fulguration word. In my language, from Latin:

      folgorazióne 2. fig. Illuminazione improvvisa della mente 2. fig. Sudden enlightenment of the mind

      L*

      There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
      Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.

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