Abstract
Motivated by a comment made by mathematician and poet Cai Tianxin, we delved into the history of mathematics in search of creative mathematicians who were also poets. This article is the result of our investigation. It provides a substantial list of mathematicians who wrote poetry, from antiquity to the middle of the twentieth century, along with brief descriptions of their mathematical and poetic accomplishments, and resources for further information. The survey is followed by several examples of poetry written by mathematicians. In the second section of the article, we touch lightly on the similarities and differences between creativity in mathematics and poetry.
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