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Occasional Poetry - 33. Surface Mathematics

em>Every error, I repine, each and all, they're only mine.

Thanks to AC for his invaluable help with these.
Topological Tease
 
Consider now polarity,
that surface angularity
of curvature and swervature
that might lead to hilarity.
 
Play chess upon a sphere, be sure
your moves aren't ever premature,
for no position now protects
your backside, which is insecure.
 
Let's exercise our intellects
where math and living intersects:
the doughnut and the coffee mug
are both alike, the pole detects.
 
The cup and pastry make you shrug,
but find their poles, and don't cry 'ugh,'
for there's a singularity:
their number is the same! Feel smug.
 
 
Convex and Concave
 
It's hard to calculate a wave
distracted by the curves I crave,
I thought about them all day long,
your convex slopes for which I rave.
 
I knew that you'd be home erelong,
to circle me with arms so strong,
and I with research weary thus,
yet never traced your contours wrong.
 
Our meal was quiet, only us,
and talking was superfluous,
exhausted that concavity
our minds too weary to discuss.
 
But when I woke at half past three,
alerted by geometry,
you were convex and I concave:
I yearned for your polarity.
 
i>Even if you're not a nerd, you leave a simple word.
Reviews are always welcome.
Copyright © 2017 Parker Owens; All Rights Reserved.
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On 07/12/2016 04:27 AM, Mikiesboy said:

Not nerdy or smart enough to really understand all of these, but mostly I get it. Nice Parker!

If you mostly get it, then you got it. What fun one can have with curves and surfaces, both mathematical, and um...yes. I will never get over that a doughnut and a coffee cup are mathematically the same thing. Thanks for reading and responding!

Parker Owens
On 07/12/2016 06:14 AM, dughlas said:

These are fun to read even if I have to think about them. I bet you're interesting in the classroom.

I am glad you found them fun to read and think about. The double meanings in mathematics and surfaces and curves can lead to all kinds of fun. Or you can just play with the geometry of it all. Anyway, thanks so much for your taking the time to read and wrestle with these.

Parker Owens
On 07/12/2016 12:26 PM, Defiance19 said:

No lie, when I saw mathematics I groaned. I have such an aversion. But I read these and smiled. That was fun.. Love Convex and Concave. As long as I don't have to solve for anything, or figure out what poles exactly you're going on about :P, it was great to enjoy the terms at face value in this context..

Good stuff Parker...

Perhaps math teachers, who have a penchant for puns and bad jokes, expect to generate groans. And of course, who can forget feeling lost in lectures or blindingly frustrated by problem sets? More groans. Really, I am just grateful you decided to read these despite your initial reaction. If you liked them, too, then that is a delightful bonus. Now, for extra credit...

Parker Owens
On 07/14/2016 11:28 AM, skinnydragon said:

OMG how did I miss this post?

 

You had me rolling on the floor, my friend. Absolutely brilliant and naughtily er ...polar!

I am so very glad these tickled your fancy. They were just the thing to lift me out of a high humidity funk. And now you are probably wanting your own polar vortex? Thanks so much for reading these, and for enjoying them with me.

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