Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1906 — Mathematical Love. [ARTICLE]

Mathematical Love.

“Do you love me ns much as I love you ?” The Barnard college girl smiled. “Do you wish me to prove It?” she said. For answer he bent forward, expecting to receive the usual binding of the promise. “I mean mathematically,” she continued, drawing her face back. “Now, don’t be cross. Listen! We belong to a certain circle. We are the radii of that circle. Two radii of a circle are equal to a third radius of the same circle.” He wasn’t good at mathematics, but he conceded the point. “Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another. Well, supposing that you and I are equal to X, an unknown quantity.” He was perfectly willing to suppose anything. “X Is our love for each other. We are equal to X. Things which are equal to the same tiling are equal to one another. Therefore I must love you In the same ratio that you love me!" He didn’t wait for any more mathematics. The “X” became X’tasyl— New York Press.