How Poetry And Math Are Alike
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Mathematics and poetry are both `formats that can convey multiple meanings.` In mathematics, a single object or idea might take different forms. A quadratic equation, for example, can be understood in terms of its algebraic expression, perhaps y=x2+3x-7, or in terms of its graph, a parabola. Henri Poincaré, a French polymath who laid the foundations […]