This poem by recent (2008-2010) poet laureate Kay Ryan at first made me think of calculus, of integration, summing all the thin slices to find the area under a curve. And then the poem moved me on.
Showing posts with label integration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label integration. Show all posts
Friday, August 10, 2012
Summing thin slices
Labels:
calculus,
integration,
Kay Ryan,
NPR,
poetry,
poetry games,
slice,
sum,
train
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Integrals -- a poem
Integrals by Jonathan Holden
Erect, arched in disdain,
the integrals drift from left
across white windless pages
to the right,
serene as swans.
Erect, arched in disdain,
the integrals drift from left
across white windless pages
to the right,
serene as swans.
Labels:
Integral,
integration,
Jonathan Holden,
mathematics,
poetry,
sum,
swan,
tables
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