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    • LaTeX LimeriX

    Posted by Qrystal on November 9, 2007 at 15:40.
    Category: Webmastering. Tags: geekiness, limerick, wordpress.

    I just had to post this limerick, because I found it hilarious.. and because I want to play with WordPress’ ability to handle LaTeX expressions.

    [tex]\int_{1}^{\sqrt[3]{3}}t^{2}dt\cdot\cos\frac{3\pi}{9}=\ln\sqrt[3]{e} [/tex]

    (Hint: If you “speak math”, just say the expression out loud and it will fairly easily fall into the rhyming scheme of a typical limerick. If you don’t “speak math”, I’m sorry, there really isn’t anything for you here! At least, not until I provide a transcript of it… or someone else does, in the comments on this!)

    (Edit: WordPress.org does not have the native handling of LaTeX that WordPress.com does, so I had to find a plugin to handle it instead.)

    8 Comments »

    • mathphool

      here’s my try – rhyme but no rhythm:

      the integral from one to the cube root of three
      of the function tee squared dee tee
      times the cosine
      of three pi over nine
      equals the natural log of the cube root of ee.

    • mathphool

      here’s my try – rhyme but no rhythm:

      the integral from one to the cube root of three
      of the function tee squared dee tee
      times the cosine
      of three pi over nine
      equals the natural log of the cube root of ee.

    • http://qrystal.name Qrystal

      Very close! :) Switch the ideas of the first two lines, and it flows an itty bit better! ;)

      A few other minor tweaks can get the rhythm into the limerick syllable pattern of 3, 3, 2, 2, 3…

      I still giggle when I look at this! ;)

    • http://qrystal.name Qrystal

      Very close! :) Switch the ideas of the first two lines, and it flows an itty bit better! ;)

      A few other minor tweaks can get the rhythm into the limerick syllable pattern of 3, 3, 2, 2, 3…

      I still giggle when I look at this! ;)

    • http://www.gerv.net/ Gervase Markham

      Here’s a version with rhythm:

      Int. from one to the cube root of three
      Of the function T squared delta T
      Then times by the cosine
      Of three pi over nine
      to get ln of the cube root of ee.

      Gerv

    • http://www.gerv.net/ Gervase Markham

      Here’s a version with rhythm:

      Int. from one to the cube root of three
      Of the function T squared delta T
      Then times by the cosine
      Of three pi over nine
      to get ln of the cube root of ee.

      Gerv

    • http://qrystal.name Qrystal

      Oh NO! I knew my LaTeX plugin for mathstuff wasn’t working, but I forgot that it affected my personal blog too! Whoooooops!

      To make up for it, I’ll share how I start the limerick:

      Integrate t squared dt
      from one to the cube root of three…

      …but that’s all I’ll say because I can’t read LaTeX markup very well. I guess I need to fix or replace this plugin soon! Dang!

    • http://qrystal.name Qrystal

      Oh NO! I knew my LaTeX plugin for mathstuff wasn’t working, but I forgot that it affected my personal blog too! Whoooooops!

      To make up for it, I’ll share how I start the limerick:

      Integrate t squared dt
      from one to the cube root of three…

      …but that’s all I’ll say because I can’t read LaTeX markup very well. I guess I need to fix or replace this plugin soon! Dang!