Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast here on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients . . . . . . . gathered by JoAnne Growney. To receive email notifications of new postings, contact JoAnne at joannegrowney@gmail.com.

Showing posts with label Mathematical Intelligencer. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Mathematical Intelligencer. Show all posts

Friday, October 13, 2017

Mathy Double Dactyls

The double dactyl is, like the limerick, a fixed verse form -- and one that is often humorous. From Wikipedia's, we have this ini...

Monday, January 25, 2016

Tartaglia solving the cubic -- in verse

Mathematical historians now credit both Cardano and Tartaglia with the formula to solve cubic equations, referring to it as the "...

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Poetry in Math Journals

The Mathematical Intelligencer (publisher of the poem by Gizem Karaali given below) and the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics...

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Right Triangle

The shape of a poem influences our reading of it -- short lines cause reading with lots of pauses whereas we read long lines quickly to get ...

Friday, May 27, 2011

The Bridges of Konigsberg

From the August 1997 issue of The Mathematical Intelligencer , we have this poem by Judith Saunders about a long-standing puzzle solved so...

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Poems starring mathematicians -- 7

Activist mathematician Chandler Davis -- an editor of The Mathematical Intelligencer , career mathematician at the University of Toronto, ...

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