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Template:Short description Leigh Mercer (1893–1977) was a British wordplay and recreational mathematics expert.[1]
Career
Palindrome
Mercer is best known for devising the palindrome "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!".[2]
Mathematical limerick
The following mathematical limerick is attributed to him:[3]
This is read as follows:
- A dozen, a gross, and a score
- Plus three times the square root of four
- Divided by seven
- Plus five times eleven
- Is nine squared and not a bit more.
References
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- ↑ A. Ross Eckler: Leigh Mercer, Palindromist. In: Word Ways. Volume 24, Issue 3, 1991, Article 2, p. 131–138 [1]
- ↑ Published in Notes and Queries, 13 Nov. 1948, according to The Yale Book of Quotations, F. R. Shapiro, ed. (2006, Template:ISBN).
- ↑ Template:Cite web