1. e Faith of a Hydrologist Carlos E. Puente University of California, Davis Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum Roma, Aprile 17, 2012

2. esis We humans, with a soul, may learn from recent advancements regarding natural complexity in order to nd peace…

3. (Barnsley, 1988) Simple Maps and Fractal Wires (0,0) (1,0) (1/2, 1)

4. 70% 30% gives a multifractal using a biased coin (Meneveau and Sreenivasan, 1987) Cascades, Turbulence and Multifractals

5. (Puente, 1992, 1994) A Platonic Approach to Complexity

6. Projections Galore varying interpolating points with statistics as in natural hydrologic sets

7. a model projection (center) of a real data set (right) model also preserves statistical and chaotic features of data (Puente and Obregón, 1996) A Detailed Storm in Boston

8. a pollution pattern based on a wire in four dimensions similarly for rainfall patterns and others… (Puente, 1994, 2004) Extensions to Higher Dimensions

9. (Puente et al., 1996) Exploring the Limit: e + – Case

10. circular bells are the most common, but ellipticals do happen there are also cases producing oscillations among bells proof of higher-dimensional Gaussian remains elusive (Puente and Klebano, 1994) Mighty Gaussians Everywhere!

11. superposition of many lovely patterns give perfect circles in the space-lling limit there is hidden order in chance (Puente, 2003) Treasures Inside the Bell

12. suitable iterations of simple maps yield arbitrary ice crystals the rosette of DNA is coded via the binary expansion of π (Puente, 2003) Designs Inside the Bell

13. A Truly Special + + Case a delightful-sounding bell concentrated at innity the wire that is maximally positive lters any disorder: Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

14. e Majestic Trilogy the Father mighty in heaven the Son always perfect and positive and the Holy Spirit that comes from them… St. Augustine

15. On the Life of Jesus Christ and Beyond His birth and miracles, the Eucharist in a piece of the wire unity with the Father, baptism, transguration, resurrection, and Ascension Assumption of Mary and rapture of the Church

16. Other Matters of Faith look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church love covers a multitude of sins, the esh produces death, but the Spirit life the law is only a shadow of good things to come

17. On the Unity of the Holy Spirit

18. Trinitarian Numbers

20. Our Options conduction inniteness plenitude trust faith freedom one day at a time harmony light heavenly always + Love dissipation niteness solitude disbelief doubts slavery anxiety intermittency darkness earthly a bit else

21. e Amazing Bell e bell peals silent, reecting its peace, and inside it gathers lovely masterpiece. Symmetric pure beauty, o mighty delight, this limit in fullness stores lifes designs. Such vessel contains, alephs of all tastes, diatoms and crystals including DNA. But there is a case, reason to this call: the forward selection that raises it all. ere is clear choice that rotates the 8, by loving sincerely we surely converge.