Sunday, 1 April 2012

Shakespearean Mathematics 1

And here’s an interesting quote:

ARCHBISHOP:                     Nor did the French possess the Salic land
                                                Until four hundred one-and-twenty years
                                                After defunction of King Pharamond
                                                Idly supposed the founder of this law,
                                                Who died within the year of our redemption
                                                Four hundred twenty-six, and Charles the Great
                                                Subdued the Saxons and did seat the French
                                                Beyond the river Sala in the year
                                                Eight hundred five.

This is Shakespearian Mathematics, as expressed in the equation:

               805 – 426 = 421.

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