A Zero Vector’s Woe

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Here is an offbeat poem which was written by Eileen Tupaz, a then student of Ateneo University (Philippines):

i’m tired of being a zero vector
i’m tired of being a zero vector
with no direction
no dimension
and no magnitude;
what i need is another element
— but that would be
a contradiction
of my definition.

Reference

Crux Mathematicorum 26:6, June 2000.

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