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 Randall Munroe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Randall Munroe. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

"Binary Heart" -- linking love and mathematics

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      From the xkcd webcomic by Randall Munroe -- and also shown on the cover of Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics , we ha...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

What can mathematics do?

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For many, mathematics offers interpretive links between a mind and the truths it seeks to know,  the same role that a story plays in this po...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Nightmare of an Unsolved Problem

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Back in the 1980s when I first met the Collatz conjecture in a number theory textbook it was stated this way:      Start with any whole nu...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Where are the Women?

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Here is a small  square poem about a paradox that's been on my mind recently.                Little Women                In school,...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

"Mathematical" Limericks

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A dozen, a gross, and a score Plus three times the square root of four      Divided by seven      Plus five times eleven Is nine squared...
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