First published in 2007 in Mathematics Magazine, Caleb Emmons' poem "Dearest Blaise" has the form of (Blaise) Pascal's Triangle. That original publication offered also a challenge: what is the next line of Emmons' poem? What is your guess?
DEAREST BLAISE by Caleb Emmons
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1 1
1 he 1
1 saw the 1
1 pure simple idea 1
1 truly distilling arithmetic later 1
1 poetic mathematization uncharacteristically sentimentalized Pascal 1
Emmons is a member of the mathematics department at Oregon's Pacific University; prior postings of his work in this blog include: 4 March 2011 and 6 May 2011.
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A further line for Caleb Emmon's poem? Well, it's a stretch (literally), but:
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Which describes the application of somewhat outdated magickal techniques to deal with a fear of long words after modern methods failed.
(Must have worked...)
Robert Dawson
Math and CS, S.M.U.
Halifax, NS
Thanks, Robert Dawson!
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