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The Poetry of Mathematics: Writing Problems as Poetry.

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Jur, Barbara A. – PRIMUS, 1991

Presented are the results of an extra-credit assignment to a group of intermediate-algebra students, which entailed the writing of word problems in poetic form. Included is the history of such writing from the trivial pursuitlike games of the Middle Ages in India. (JJK)

Descriptors: Algebra, Ancient History, College Mathematics, Creative Writing