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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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Miroslav Holub -- "what use is it?"

In earlier postings I have expressed my admiration for the Czech poet Miroslav Holub (1923-1998) -- a research scientist who also wro...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Rhyme, beauty, and usefulness

For many years poetry was transmitted orally and rhymes were vital because they are easily remembered. In recent years, however, free ...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Like poetry, mathematics is beautiful

Congratulations to Justin Southey who is completing his doctoral studies in mathematics at the University of Johannesburg under the dir...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Mathematics, like poetry, is ART

Doing mathematics is often misunderstood as primarily computation--an error that seems equivalent to seeing poetry writing as primarily a sp...

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