Mathematical limericks, vol. 1
There once was a mathematician named x… Mathematics: of sciences, queen Has more rules than I’ve ever seen. There are no exceptions, Just number deceptions. On calculators, I am quite keen. A...
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Number crunching ‘Tis a favorite project of mine A new value of pi to assign. I would fix it at 3 For it’s simpler, you see, Than 3.14159… If inside a circle a line Hits the center and goes spine to...
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Mathematical limericks, vol. 3
If you’re mathematically inclined, you’ve probably seen several proofs that 2=1. On of the more popular ones is the following: This can be expressed as a three-stanza limerick: If a=b (so I say) And we...
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Mathematical limericks, vol. 4
Equations than lend themselves to limericks Euler’s Equation: Here are a few limericks about this one. I used to think math was no fun, ‘Cause I couldn’t see how it was done. Now Euler’s my hero, For I...
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Computer science contributions There once was a user named Fred, Who one day used grep, awk, and sed. He parsed a huge text stream, Used regexps to the extreme, Now his file’s tail is its head....
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Dirty limericks! Let the reader beware! A mathematician called Able, Made love to a young girl called Mabel, They hadn’t a bed, So made use instead Of an old mathematical table. A mathematician called...
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Nonexamples! pi goes on and on and on … And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? Chebychev said it and I’ll say it again: There’s always a prime between n and...
View ArticleLines inspired by a lecture on extra-terrestrial life
– J. D. G. M. Some time ago my late Papa Acquired a spiral nebula. He bought it with a guarantee Of content and stability. What was his undisguised chagrin To find his purchase on the spin, Receding...
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– Jeff Suzuki Inspired by “Trees,” by Joyce Kilmer. I think that I shall never see An aleph set as nice as Z. A principal ideal domain, The ring of things that keeps me sane. Maybe N has better grace...
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–Kate Carlisle, Haverford College Modeled on “Oh! The Places You’ll Go,” by Dr. Seuss. Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to learn many Great things about waves! You have math in your...
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