Hippasus Gurgles: “The Average Comic”
On alternating Fridays, Michael Carlisle examines the world “outside” sequential art to find… more sequential art. Expect mathematics, a bit of madness, and a dash of pessimistic optimism.
Previously, I discussed infinite sequences; this time I would like to give an application that has changed the way humans interact with the world. And I’d like to play with comics.
One of the most important results from mathematics of the last 300 years is called the Law of Large Numbers.
Taking the sequence of sequences that is a comic strip “series” – the body of work of that strip – I propose a bit of fun.
(If you want to skip the text and go straight to the images, here you go. I’ll understand. Otherwise, read on, Faithful Lurker.)
