The article
Friedrich Wille: Galerkins Lösungsnäherungen bei monotonen Abbildungen,
Math. Z. 127 (1972), no. 1, 10-16
is written in the form of a lengthy poem, in a style similar to that
of the works of Wilhelm Busch.
Are there any other examples of original mathematical research published in a similar form?
Best Answer
A famous example is Tartaglia's solution of the equation of degree 3, which he gave to Cardano (after much discussion) in the following form :
Quando chel cubo con le cose appresso
se agguaglia qualche numero discreto
trovan dui altri differenti in esso.
Dapoi terrai questo per consueto
Che'l lor produtto sempre sia eguale
Al terzo cubo delle cose neto,
El residuo poi suo generale
Delli lor lati cubi ben sottratti
Varra la tua cosa principale...