LOGO
Omega comes from the Chaitin Omega Number,
that "embodies an enormous amount of wisdom in a very small space ...
inasmuch as its first few thousand digits, which could be written on a
small piece of paper, contain the answers to more mathematical questions than
could be written down in the entire universe. Throughout history mystics and
philosophers have sought a compact key to universal wisdom, a finite formula or
text which, when known and understood, would provide the answer to every question.
The use of the Bible, the
Koran and the I Ching for divination and the tradition of the secret books of
Hermes Trismegistus, and the medieval Jewish Cabala exemplify this belief or hope.
Such sources of universal wisdom are traditionally protected from casual
use by being hard to find, hard to understand when found, and
dangerous to use, tending to answer more questions and deeper ones than
the searcher wishes to ask. The esoteric book is, like
God, simple yet undescribable. It is omniscient, and
transforms all who know it. Omega is in many senses a cabalistic
number. It can be known of, but not known, through human reason. To know
it in detail, one would have to accept its uncomputable digit sequence on
faith, like words of a sacred text." (C. H. Bennett)
The colours represent the founding universities: blue for Auckland and orange
for Waikato.
CONTRIBUTORS
Logo design: Peter Shields
Logo implementation: Jeremy Gibbons
Initial web site design and implementation:
Carolyn Sanders
Research reports cover page design:
Mark Titchener
Research reports cover page implementation:
Jeremy Gibbons
The research reports are maintained by Michael
Dinneen
The home-page is maintained by Cristian Calude
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