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Pure mathematics is in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ~Albert Einstein
Don't be scared off by the thread title. This is actually an easy game. I promise
The idea is to produce mathematical equations, formulas, expressions that rhyme and produce an actual value. Sounds complicated, right? Well, see the examples below:
A Dozen, a Gross and a Score,
plus three times the square root of four,
divided by seven,
plus five times eleven,
equals nine squared and not a bit more.
~ Jon Saxton
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The Integral of tee-squared dee tee,
from one to the cube root of three,
times half the cosine,
of three-pi over nine,
is the log of the sixth root of e.
~Anon
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Our poems don't have to be limericks like the examples. That would get annoying very quickly.
So the rules are:
Here's a link to an editor for generating the image:
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/equation_editor.php
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To prove that this can be done, here's mine:
Six times twenty-four divided by 2—
minus 8 squared plus four, and then 2 more,
when multiplied by three and by five through,
gives us only one half of two point four.
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Now, you go
I think I'll try a sonnet next...
Don't be scared off by the thread title. This is actually an easy game. I promise
The idea is to produce mathematical equations, formulas, expressions that rhyme and produce an actual value. Sounds complicated, right? Well, see the examples below:
A Dozen, a Gross and a Score,
plus three times the square root of four,
divided by seven,
plus five times eleven,
equals nine squared and not a bit more.
~ Jon Saxton
_________________________________
The Integral of tee-squared dee tee,
from one to the cube root of three,
times half the cosine,
of three-pi over nine,
is the log of the sixth root of e.
~Anon
_________________________________
Our poems don't have to be limericks like the examples. That would get annoying very quickly.
So the rules are:
- you need to be able to render the poem in mathematical format
- any rhyme scheme and metre combination will do (haiku also doable as form without rhyme)
- be as complex or as simple as you like
- the maths must be correct
- you must post both the mathematical formula and the poem in words
- you can mix and match mathematical, colloquial and common references
Here's a link to an editor for generating the image:
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/equation_editor.php
_________________________________
To prove that this can be done, here's mine:
Six times twenty-four divided by 2—
minus 8 squared plus four, and then 2 more,
when multiplied by three and by five through,
gives us only one half of two point four.
_________________________________
Now, you go
I think I'll try a sonnet next...
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