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Theorem of Poetical Music

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Let’s translate the Theorem of Poetical Music from a philosophical allegory into a formal mathematical framework. We will use the languages of Information Theory, Fourier Analysis, and Thermodynamics. By defining society as an open dynamic system and music as an…

A Poetic Perspective on Source Code

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The science of programming is a genuine form of creation. Is it also literary? Is it also poetic? Developers place words on a screen to give life to abstract concepts. This activity closely resembles the meticulous work of a poet…

The Mathematics of Poetry: Mathematics, Poetry, and Meaning

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Algorithms generate sonnets. Neural networks simulate empathy with unsettling precision. Language is under synthetic assault. Therefore, what remains of the mystery of poetry if a machine can write poetry by calculating probabilities? The answer to this ontological anxiety lies in…