It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Monday, November 15, 2021

A Spectral Pre-Incarnation From 1869

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I will let you live
—more than 100 years hence—
as a donut-stuffing
cartoon character,
if you agree to
change your name to
HOMER
There is little debate
that THE SIMPSONS
is the funniest
—and most relevant—
animated TV series
in American history
 
about how its' writers 
  are steeped in
Mathematics
 
I've read about 
a half-dozen essays
on this subject
but sadly,
not one of them mentions
their most influential
Mathematician 

That would be
from Oxford University
 
is from 
Professor Dodgson's treatise
his poem entitled
 
But the professor
published the poem
under his pen name:
Lewis Carroll 
 
He did so
in 1869,
five years after writing
Alice in Wonderland
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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2 comments:

  1. I see the uncanny resemblance to Homer Simpson's physique
    in the A.B. Frost illustration.
    That validates your premise about "Professor Dodgson"
    but somehow, your ending seems very abrupt.

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    1. Yes it does and may be subject to change
      but this page was two months in the making
      with the image iconed on the desktop
      as a reminder to post it

      It sort of feels like I had to wash
      my hands clean of the concept

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