Recently I was contacted by Thomas Barr, Director of Programs at the American Mathematical Society who told me of poetry written by a student from Flagstaff, AZ; Tristian Bangert of Coconino Community College has written about the discovery by John Horton Conway (1937-2020) of the surreal numbers -- and I offer part of his poem below; contact information for the poet is offered at the end of this post:
from Conway by Tristian Bangert
There once was a man
Who knew naught but numbers
Joined by their presence
The numbers, wondering
"Where has your kind been?
Have you not wondered who was here before you?"
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