Subject: Re: Mystery of I Ching Hexagram Order Solved
From: mconnell@coils.cims.nyu.edu (Mark McConnell)
Date: 26 Oct 1994 17:36:36 -0400
Organization: Courant Institute, New York University

>From: jktaber@netcom.com (John K. Taber)
>Subject: Mystery of I Ching Hexagram Order Solved

> ...a paper by Pavel
>Luksha of Obninsk, Russia on the arrangement of the hexagrams in the I Ching.
>If I understand his paper correctly, they are arranged according to the
>probability distribution of the [yarrow-stalk] method of picking an entry...

I find this fascinating.  The "modern" method for casting the I Ching
uses coins; each hexagram has equal probability of occuring.  Luksha's
result suggests or reminds us that the yarrow-stalk method may give
different results.  Though if someone believes in divination, they
don't believe these things are completely random....
