Hierarchical Organization in Writing, Poetry, and Mathematics
Russell Jay Hendel

Proceedings of Bridges 2012: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 415–416
Short Papers

Abstract

The appreciation of complex works in several disciplines can be facilitated by outlines: e.g., the outline in writing, the outline in poetry reading, the theme-development-theme-conclusion form in symphonic music, and the use of primary periods in Fourier analysis. However, outlines are a primary, level-1, organizational feature. In this paper, we explore use of secondary and tertiary organizational structure in writing, poetry reading and photograph storage.

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