Papal name Karol Józef Wojtyła was elected and, wishing to continue his predecessor's work, became the second Pope to take a double name as John Paul II. In 2013, a new name was introduced into the lineage: on being elected Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio selected the name Francis to emphasize the spirit of poverty and peace embodied by Saint Francis of Assisi. Often the new pontiff's choice of name upon being elected to the papacy is seen as a signal to the world of who the new pope will emulate, what policies he will seek to enact, or even the length
Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics concerns several modern mathematical concepts found in certain essays and short stories of Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), including concepts such as set theory, recursion, chaos theory, and infinite sequences, although Borges' strongest links to mathematics are through Georg Cantor's theory of infinite sets, outlined in "The Doctrine of Cycles" ("La doctrina de los ciclos"). Some of Borges' most popular works such as "The Library of Babel" ("La Biblioteca de Babel"), "The Garden of Forking Paths" ("El Jardín de Senderos que se Bifurcan"), "The Aleph" ("El Aleph"), an allusion