The universe is ever-expanding and constantly growing. The world relies on systems, structures, and patterns-- in which explanations and interpretations are often sought after. Mathematics becomes the solution and discovery that humanity seeks, in which it then can elaborate on the unknown, mysteries, and the incomprehensible. The existence of mathematics is a subtle thing; functioning quietly throughout our daily lives. Moreover, mathematics weaves itself within various aspects of our natural lives that we would never suspect it of existing within, order and chaos and fractal patterns through something such as literature.
The concept of order and chaos, or in other words, the Chaos Theory, are not limited to merely one perspective. Its understanding …show more content…
“In many ways, fractals have given readers and writers a new set of lenses through which to consider poetry” (Birkens & Coon, pg.156). Various poetry are referenced throughout Birkens and Coon’s book, the first poem showing an allusion to a common mathematical fractal set: the Cantor Dust, in which there are sets of repeated line segments, each one in a smaller scale compared to the previous one but remaining identical in appearance to the original. A poem called “The Cantor Dust” by Rodrigo Siqueira follows the structure of the Cantor Dust, following the patterns of the fractal set, the words set apart in fragmented sentences mimicking the line segments of the Cantor Dust set, progressively getting smaller with each proceeding row. This poem was intentionally written to refer to fractals, as is mentioned in the title-- and the mimicking of the process that was used to create the fractal set. Another poet, Diana Der-Hovanessian, wrote a poem referring to another author’s poem about Euclid Geometry, and her poem was titled “Fractals”, showing her intention. She asks, “it was symmetry that we must contemplate/” (qtd. in Birkens & Coon, pg.158), referring to Euclidean Geometry but also to fractals as it possesses
The concept of order and chaos, or in other words, the Chaos Theory, are not limited to merely one perspective. Its understanding …show more content…
“In many ways, fractals have given readers and writers a new set of lenses through which to consider poetry” (Birkens & Coon, pg.156). Various poetry are referenced throughout Birkens and Coon’s book, the first poem showing an allusion to a common mathematical fractal set: the Cantor Dust, in which there are sets of repeated line segments, each one in a smaller scale compared to the previous one but remaining identical in appearance to the original. A poem called “The Cantor Dust” by Rodrigo Siqueira follows the structure of the Cantor Dust, following the patterns of the fractal set, the words set apart in fragmented sentences mimicking the line segments of the Cantor Dust set, progressively getting smaller with each proceeding row. This poem was intentionally written to refer to fractals, as is mentioned in the title-- and the mimicking of the process that was used to create the fractal set. Another poet, Diana Der-Hovanessian, wrote a poem referring to another author’s poem about Euclid Geometry, and her poem was titled “Fractals”, showing her intention. She asks, “it was symmetry that we must contemplate/” (qtd. in Birkens & Coon, pg.158), referring to Euclidean Geometry but also to fractals as it possesses