A. Crouzet's Math Lab

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. Georg Cantor (1845-1918)

For the Baltimore Visiter

The noblest name in Allegory's page,
The hand that traced inexorable rage;
A pleasing moralist whose page refined,
Displays the deepest knowledge of the mind;
A tender poet of a foreign tongue,
(Indited in the langage that he sung.)
A bard of brilliant but unlicensed page
At once the shame and glory of our age,
The prince of harmony and stirling sense,
The ancient dramatist of eminence,
The bard that paints imagination's powers,
And him whose song revives departed hours,
Once more n ancient tragic bard recall,
In boldness of design surpassing all.
These names when rightly read, a name known
Which gathers all their glories in its own.

-The End-

Enigma, Edgar Allan Poe, 1833

Énigme:
Jeu d’esprit mettant à l’épreuve la sagacité de l’interlocuteur qui doit trouver la réponse à une interrogation dont le sens est caché sous une parabole ou une métaphore.

Enigma, or riddle are definitely a “must” among exercises to practice logic and attention.

Each word is supposed counting to give the final answer.

One must keep his eyes and mind wide open in order to give the correct answer.

As all we will be doing in this lab, we will insist in the capacity of giving a as clear as possible explanation of the solution.

Our goal is to be sure that we have the correct answer, all the answers in certain cases.

I will post choices of enigma.

The math’s lab assistants are invited to send me other enigmas.

I will post them, after revision.

They are also invited to write down solutions, and their solutions will be post too.

I’m waiting,…

Enjoy.