At Victoria University in Melbourne, novelist, playwright and poet Tom Petsinis also teaches mathematics. He participated in the 2016 Bridges Math-Arts Conference in Finland this summer: here are two of his poems from the 2016 Bridges Poetry Anthology -- and each of them plays with mathematical ideas in new and thoughtful (sometimes amusing) ways. "Zeno's Paradox" follows this initial poem. (Names and links for other anthology poets are given below.)
Division by Zero by Tom Petsinis
She could’ve been our grandmother
Warning us of poisonous mushrooms ‒
To stress her point she'd scratch
The taboo bold with crimson chalk.
It should never be used to divide,
Or we'd be howled from lined yard
To pit where cruel paradoxes ruled.
Her warnings tempted us even more:
Young, growing full in confidence,
We’d prove the impossible for fun ‒
Nothing she said could restrain us
From showing two is equal to one.
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Friday, September 9, 2016
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