Abstract / Synopsis
Using perfect secrecy and the ability to identify gibberish in a given language, we encode two poems in one. This allows for a single cipherpoem to have multiple plainpoems associated with it. The result is a form of superposition where neither poem is the more correct interpretation than the other.
The poem presented is about two distinct aspects of mathematics: the tiger to be sought after and hunted; or a pecan that we have surrounded but cannot crack open.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.WURN8306
Recommended Citation
William Cocke, "Math is a Tiger and a Pecan," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 15 Issue 1 (January 2025), pages 377-378. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.WURN8306. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol15/iss1/24