In mathematics a line plays many roles -- as in this fine poem (which is a sonnet, more or less).
Lines by Martha Collins
Draw a line. Write a line. There.
Stay in line, hold the line, a glance
between the lines is fine but don't
turn corners, cross, cut in, go over
or out, between two points of no
return's a line of flight, between
two points of view's a line of vision.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Monday, August 30, 2010
What is the point? -- consider Euclid
A two-line poem by Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda (1904-73), found in my bilingual edition of Extravagaria, reminded me of the poetic nature of several of the opening expressions of Euclid's geometry. Both of these follow:
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