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« on: May 10th, 2004, 3:41pm »
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A dozen, a gross, and a score,  
plus three times the square root of four,  
divided by seven,  
plus five times eleven,  
is nine squared and not a bit more.  
 
 
2.
Integral z-squared dz  
from 1 to the cube root of 3  
times the cosine  
of three pi over 9  
equals log of the cube root of 'e'.  
 
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« Reply #1 on: May 10th, 2004, 4:02pm »
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Nice  Wink
 
How long did it take you to put them together?
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« Reply #2 on: May 10th, 2004, 4:07pm »
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on May 10th, 2004, 4:02pm, Three Hands wrote:
Nice  Wink
 
How long did it take you to put them together?

 
My English is not nearly refined enoug to produce limericks Embarassed I found them elsewhere, and posted them here for fun.
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« Reply #3 on: May 10th, 2004, 6:00pm »
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2 needs some work. The lines keep varying in syllable length, which makes it awkward.
 
The Integral of z-squared dz
from 1 to the cube root of 3
and then times the cosine
of 3 pi over 9
equals log of the cube root of e.
 
almost works - the second line has 8 syllables, the first and fifth have 9.
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« Reply #4 on: May 13th, 2004, 1:36am »
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There once was a Pi who repeated,
With his math they said that he cheated,
   The improper fraction,
   Got plenty of action,
When he left circles uncompleted.
 
 
Wow, that last word killed the cadence; four syllables is too much.  I'm more of a Haiku guy anyway:
 
 
Log to the base e,
Bravest of all the constants -
Much like a lon wolf.
 
 
Okay, maybe it was rhyming couplets...
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« Reply #5 on: May 13th, 2004, 2:35am »
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Some more I found
 
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The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
(Unknown)
 
The Fundamental Theorem applies
To integers regardless of size.
From building block primes,
To choose many times,
'Tis uniquely arithmetic's prize.
 
 
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20% of the price is nice  
To subtract from the price of the rice.  
    It is 20% off,  
    And equals, I scoff,  
80% of the price.
 
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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 point 1 4 1 5 9.
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« Reply #6 on: May 13th, 2004, 4:37am »
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A graduate student at Trinity
Computed the square of infinity
But it gave him the fidgets
To put down the digits
So he dropped maths and took up divinity
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« Reply #7 on: May 13th, 2004, 11:28pm »
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That Trinity graduate student,
Later thought it to be most prudent,
   Not to pay for the course,
   And to bet on a horse,
Until the Lord said it was rudent.
 
 
That last limerick shouldn't have stood,
(it didn't include math like it should),
   That's why I decided,
   To mention 'divided',
In this small way I hope to make good.
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