ANCESTORS: A MATHEMATICAL SONG FOR PEACE

Inspired by a letter from my father



One comes from two
Two come from four
Four come from eight
Eight come from sixteen

Four generations, one hundred years

Sixteen come from thirty two
Thirty two come from sixty four
Sixty four come from one hundred and twenty eight
One hundred and twenty eight come from two hundred and fifty six

Eight generations, two hundred years

256 come from 512
512 come from 1024
1024 come from 2048
2048 come from 4096

This is three hundred years and twelve generations

4096 come from 8192
8192 come from 16 384
16384 come from 32768
32768 come from 65 536

Sixteen generations, four hundred years

65 536 came from 131 072
131 072 came from 262 144
262144 came from 524 288
524 288 came from 1 048 576

1 048 576 is five hundred years and twenty generations

1099385802256 is a thousand years and fourty generations

Each one comes from all these people.
And this is just the beginning of the calculation…