poetry in mathematics
Jun. 13th, 2003 07:44 amBefore Christmas, I found a paper with a beautiful title in the same volume as a paper I was looking for. It was:
Can you hear the shape of a fractal drum?
I thought that was so evocative and poetic. Of course, I didn't understand the paper at all because it's not even vaguely my field, but it brightened up a horrible, rainy, grey winter's day.
Can you hear the shape of a fractal drum?
I thought that was so evocative and poetic. Of course, I didn't understand the paper at all because it's not even vaguely my field, but it brightened up a horrible, rainy, grey winter's day.