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Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Volume 5 | Issue 2 July 2015
Mathematical Double DactylsTristan MillerDepartment of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, [email protected]
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Recommended CitationMiller, T. "Mathematical Double Dactyls," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 5 Issue 2 ( July 2015), pages 171-172. DOI:10.5642/jhummath.201502.19 . Available at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol5/iss2/19
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Mathematical Double Dactyls
Tristan Miller
Department of Computer Science, Technische Universitat Darmstadt
Jin Wicked
www. jinwicked. com
Quadrature
Higgledy-piggledyBryson and Antiphon,π-seeking polymaths–what a strange pair!
Oddly, their method ofcircumferentiallyinscribing polygonscircled the square.
Paradox
Higgledy-piggledyZeno of Elealeft to get tickets forSophocles’s play.
Slowly his steps becameinfinitesimal:motionless, Zeno gotstuck at halfway.
Apprehension
Higgledy-piggledyArchie of Syracuseburned Roman ships with hissecret heat ray.
Marcellus asked, “Why sopyromaniacal?”“Don’t touch my circles!” wasall he would say.
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Vol 5, No 2, July 2015
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About the author
Tristan Miller is a computational linguist, ferret herder, and logologist. Hispoetry, puzzles, and humorous prose have appeared in Light, Word Ways: TheJournal of Recreational Linguistics, Babel: The Language Magazine, and TheAnnals of Improbable Research.
About the illustrator
Jin Wicked is a Houston-based studio artist and cartoonist. Her critically ac-claimed portrait of Alan Turing is featured in Andrew Hodges’s biography AlanTuring: The Enigma.
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