tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post4744621612981812365..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Sherzod Khalilov writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-57756361044425032612016-04-12T23:54:09.998-07:002016-04-12T23:54:09.998-07:00To the Consolations of Philosophy
Thank you but
n...To the Consolations of Philosophy<br /><br />Thank you but<br />not just at the moment<br /><br />I know you will say<br />I have said that before<br />I know you have been<br />there all along somewhere<br />in another time zone<br /><br />I studied once<br />those beautiful instructions<br />when I was young and<br />far from here<br />they seemed distant then<br />they seem distant now<br />from everything I remember<br /><br />I hope they stayed with you<br />when the noose started to tighten<br />and you could say no more<br />and after wisdom<br />and the days of iron<br />the eyes started from your head<br /><br />I know the words<br />must have been set down<br />partly for yourself<br />unjustly condemned after<br />a good life<br /><br />I know the design<br />of the world is beyond<br />our comprehension<br />thank you<br />but grief is selfish and in<br />the present when<br />the stars do not seem to move<br />I was not listening<br /><br />I know it is not<br />sensible to expect<br />fortune to grant her<br />gifts forever<br />I know<br /><br /> --W. S. MerwinDuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-34092947882445980362016-04-12T01:18:49.566-07:002016-04-12T01:18:49.566-07:00So sad, and such a wonderful poem! Love the motif1...So sad, and such a wonderful poem! Love the motif1 Poor you! The I form is always moving - when it's moving. arlene corwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10582821423715218725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-80522661982524950942016-04-11T20:01:00.442-07:002016-04-11T20:01:00.442-07:00In mathematics, "erf" is the error funct...In mathematics, "erf" is the error function (also called the Gauss error function) that is used in probability, statistics, and partial differential equations describing diffusion. It is used in measurement theory (using probability and statistics), but typically its use in other branches of mathematics is unrelated to the characterization of measurement errors. The error function gives the probability that a measurement, under the influence of normally distributed errors with standard deviation, has a distance less than x from the mean value. This function is used in statistics to predict behavior of any sample with respect to the population mean. (This usage is similar to the Q-function, which in fact can be written in terms of the error function.) There are many erf formulations, with different uses. For instance, there is an "imaginary error function" (erfi),which, despite the name, is real when x is real!DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com