Pablo Kagioglu Mathematical Poetry Links

This page is reserved for all of Pablo Kagioglu Mathematical Poems

Dodecaorthogonal Space Poems

Electronic Paradigm Poems by Pablo Kagioglu

Pablo Kagioglu's Love

Pablo Kagioglu's Passion

Pablo Kagioglu's creation

Poincaré's House

The expression above is an expanded similar triangles poem. Inspired by the musings of Henri Poincaré

Flavor one h = (b(d+g)/a) - e

A Math Art Moment #6

Delineation#6

In general, the mathematician is not interested in finding truths through nonsense as opposed to the artist who is.

To see more math art delineations click here

Death by Cherryl Floyd-Miller

My example for the similar triangles poem is admittedly mundane with my only excuse being due to its pedagogical intent. (Peanut butter -- Apple butter -- who cares?)

However, I want to bring attention to a similar triangles poem that I ran across on the internet by Cherryl Floyd-Miller. Mrs. Floyd-Miller recently experienced the loss of her Aunt and somehow wound up in a space in which she was able to share her experience with a mathematical poem. Even though the similar triangles structure is dry and logical, this mathematical poem evokes tears in my eyes as well as calling for a simple spiritual place, nostalgia for life and acceptance of the human condition. This example is truly the way theses structures are supposed to be used.

Pablo Kagioglu's creation

Here is another "Electronic Paradigm Poem" done with the "Orthogonal Space Poem" structurePlease see Pablo's introduction to have a better understanding of his process.

Pablo Kagioglu's Passion

Here is another "Electronic Paradigm Poem" done with the "Orthogonal Space Poem" structure
Please see Pablo's introduction to have a better understanding of his process.

Pablo Kagioglu's Love

Here is a "Electronic Paradigm Poem" done with the "Orthogonal Space Poem" structure

Please see Pablo's introduction to have a better understanding of his process.

Electronic Paradigm Poems by Pablo Kagioglu

I just received an email from Pablo Kagioglu who has been doing some very interesting experimentation with ‘electronic paradigm poems’. The following is an excerpt from his email, which I would like to share. Over the next few days, I will post some of Pablo’s ‘electronic paradigm poems’ which will refer back to this blog post. In all actuality one could make hundreds of ‘electronic paradigm poems’ from the lists that Pablo has provided us with. Thanks Pablo!


"The formula I am using is Ohm’s Law and mainly its relationship to power and potential, not so much the concept of resistance and flow (which to me are acting more like the glue to the whole thing)

Ohm’s Law

I = V/R

Also

Power = voltage multiplied by current
P = V*I

Thus
P = (V*V)/R
P = R * (I*I)

V = P/I

So I just found synonyms of the different variables, sometimes a couple of layers deep, and just started playing with the word combinations and formulas to see what “stuck to the wall” so to say.

“Resistance and Current are acting as opposing ideas”

R = Resistance: opposition, blocking, defiance, protecting, refusal, struggle, antagonism, animosity, antipathy, hatred, hostility, rancor, rivalry, avoidance, abstention, prevention, recession, recoil, restraint, retreat, interruption, indecision, delay, hindrance, procrastination.

I = Current: flow, effusion, emanation, flood, flux, gush, juice, plenty, plethora, river, stream, tide, appear, begin, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, proceed, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem, creation

“Power is the realization of the Voltage”

V = Voltage: potential, energy, conceivable, imaginable, doable, plausible, possible, quiescent, thinkable, ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, vitality

P = Power: dynamism, effectiveness, faculty, function, influence, skill, force, locomotion, motility, propulsion, authority, will, decision, longing, passion, pleasure, purpose, resolve, yearning, love, adoration, affection, ardor, desire, excitement, lust.

The word equations (concepts) seem to work better and make more sense to me when defined in terms of Power and Voltage rather than Current and Resistance."

I will be posting the poems in the next few days -- K

The Paradigm Poem

The Paradigm Poem

Unlike a simple mathematical structure as in the “Similar Triangles Poem”, the “Paradigm Poem” is a mathematical poetry technique that borrows its structure from an existing equation from applied mathematics of scientific or cultural significance. The “Paradigm Poem has many sub-categories which are as numerous as there are categories for applied mathematics. Examples that we could consider would be: “Physics Paradigm Poem”, “Chemistry Paradigm Poem”, “Business Accounting Paradigm Poem”, “ Psychophysiological Paradigm Poem” etc.
If we think in terms of metaphor using the cognitive scientific language of George Lakoff then we would classify the language of the variables “inside the equation structure” as the ‘target domain’ and the context or traditional meaning of the equation as the “source domain’
Let me show an example of a “Physics Paradigm Poem” using Newton’s second law. For this example I am going to use an excerpt from my essay on “Polyaesthetics and Mathematical Poetry” Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, Volume 1, Issue 1 March 2007 , pages 35 - 40 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954

“My personal view is that almost all mathematic applications rely on using equations with the intent similar to simile. The variables in the equation are compared explicitly with the result for uses in denotation. For example, in the case of an application of
Newton’s second law F = ma, or Force equals Mass times Acceleration, we are comparing the variables m (Mass) and a (Acceleration) explicitly to F (Force).
I can now make a mathematical poem based on the latter example by expressing the Force of ‘yesterday’s freedom’ as being equal to ‘a lush clover patch’
multiplied by ‘the swelling sweet summer breeze traversing the morning’. We can then put this in the form of a mathematical equation as; Yesterday’s freedom = (a lush clover patch) (the swelling sweet summer breeze traversing the morning). In other words, I set the Force to ‘Yesterday’s freedom’, the mass to ‘a lush clover patch’, and I accelerated the mass by ‘the swelling sweet summer breeze traversing the morning’. All of these
phrases relate back to the original equation from physics F = ma. I want to emphasize that I was very careful when I made my choice for acceleration so that the phrase is evocative of the mathematical description of acceleration as defined by physics. Acceleration is the
change in velocity of an object per unit of elapsed time during that acceleration. Here, the change in velocity is implied by ‘swelling’ and the change in time is implied by ‘traversing’.”

In the above example we are using the words “Yesterday’s freedom; a lush clover patch; the swelling sweet summer breeze traversing the morning” as the variables of the equations which supply us with the target domain and then we are using the equation from physics F = ma, its scientific meaning and historical significance as the source domain.

The bottom line concerning the ‘paradigm poem’ is that we borrow an equation from the past which inherently contains historical significance and serves as an paradigm or mathematical model that seems almost “a vessel” to carry the mathematical poem. The paradigm poem always borrows an existing mathematical structure to serve as a source domain in our metaphor.