Mathematical Haiku
by
J. L. Alperin
Poems in haiku style; mathematical haiku are not haiku
Referee's Report
Beautiful theorem
The basic lemma is false
Reject the paper
Oral Exam
Questions like arrows
I give proofs, like swatting flies
Then smiles, all around
Fermat's Last Theorem
A marginal note
Enigma for centuries
A theorem of Wiles
Classification
Eighteen families
Twenty-six sporadic groups
All the simple ones