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26 Jan
Mathematical Limerick

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 12:40:21 -0800
To: Fun_People
Subject: Mathematical Limerick

Forwarded-by: "Chris LaFournaise (cjl)" <cjl@sequent.com>
From: Doug Walker, SAS Institute



            _
          \/3
        /
       |  2            3 x 3.14           3_
       | z dz  x  cos( ----------) = ln (\/e )
       |                  9
      /
       1



[Get it?  (N.B.: It won't make any sense at all if printed in a proportional  
font... try Courier).  If it's not immediately obvious how the limerick  
goes, here's a more verbal version...  -psl]





Integral z-squared dz
from 1 to the square root of 3
  times the cosine
  of three pi over 9
equals log of the cube root of 'e'.
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