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(Message started by: BNC on May 10^th, 2004, 3:41pm)

Title: Math Limericks
Post by BNC on May 10^th, 2004, 3:41pm

1.
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'.

Title: Re: Math Limericks
Post by Three Hands on May 10^th, 2004, 4:02pm

Nice ;)

How long did it take you to put them together?

Title: Re: Math Limericks
Post by BNC on May 10^th, 2004, 4:07pm

on 05/10/04 at 16:02:44, Three Hands wrote:

Nice ;)

How long did it take you to put them together?

My English is not nearly refined enoug to produce limericks :-[ I found them elsewhere, and posted them here for fun.

Title: Re: Math Limericks
Post by Icarus on May 10^th, 2004, 6:00pm

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.

Title: Re: Math Limericks
Post by King_T on May 13^th, 2004, 1:36am

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...

Title: Re: Math Limericks
Post by BNC on May 13^th, 2004, 2:35am

Some more I found

***********
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.

*************
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.

******************
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.

Title: Re: Math Limericks
Post by rmsgrey on May 13^th, 2004, 4:37am

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

Title: Re: Math Limericks
Post by King_T on May 13^th, 2004, 11:28pm

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.