Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients -- and gathered here by JoAnne Growney, whose personal website is at https://joannegrowney.com/ .

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

It starts with counting . . .

Mathematical imagery is one of the many features I enjoy in the work of Canadian environmental scientist and poet Madhur Anand . Here is a ...

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Balancing Opposites -- Tagore's Epigrams

Many important mathematical ideas occur as pairs of opposites: -2 and +2 (additive inverses) , 5 and 1/5 (multiplicative inverses)...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

More statistics -- from Hiawatha

As the author of this poem owes a debt to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, I too owe Greg Coxson -- who showed the poem to me. Hiawatha Designs...

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Average, more or less . . .

The wit of American poet J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985) is here applied to statistics. Meditation on Statistical Method by J. V. ...

Monday, December 13, 2010

Satire Against Reason . . .

John Wilmot (1647-1680), 2nd Earl of Rochester , was a friend of King Charles II, and author of much satirical and bawdy poetry. Even t...

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