ONT Re: Zeroth Order Ontology
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ZOO. Note 5
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Let's play around a while with the "glass bead game" variations
on the theme of logical graphs. To do this in a stringey medium,
sans marbles, we use the old comp sci trick of representing trees
by means of their "growth rings", in the form of pure parentheses.
After a while we get used to writing things out in the overheated
medium of parentheses but imagine the cooler shades of the trees.
A few minimal examples will be enough to get you started.
The blank expression " " parses to a rooted node:
@
The spike expression "()" parses to a rooted edge:
o
|
@
The expression "(())" parses to an end-rooted 2-path:
o
|
o
|
@
The expression "()()" parses to a mid-rooted 2-path:
o o
\ /
@
Et sic deinceps ...
Jon Awbrey
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