TEN TO THE HUNDREDTH, ETC.
A googol decided to engage in sex,
While all of its aughts were still convex.
Like any number on the sly,
It never meant to multiply,
But look out now for googolplex!
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM
There was a young man named Levine,
A challenge he could not decline.
With straightedge and knife,
He spent his whole life,
Dissecting the points in a line.
FTL-NESS
When traveling at light speed to Sirius,
The hours can grow quite mysterious.
The clock's ovoid face
Makes numbers erase,
Newtonian physics delirious.
DEDUCTION BY INFERENCE
A mathematician name Godel,
Posed for his fellows a hurdle,
No abstract existence
Can prove its consistence.
The tail wags the shell, not the turtle.
Appeared in Asimov's SF Magazine
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