Algorithm

Happiness, said Zeno of Kition,

Is a good flow of life. Calm, I carry on,

Surveying the flotsam that comes down

The overbearing stream, stoically,

A citizen-patient of my dream

In an enormous emergency room.

I had an algorithm for equilibrium,

Such as was known of yore in Citium,

Which in this global clinic set me free

With simulated annealing from GPT.

Notes: Citium is the latinized form of the name of Zeno's city on the south coast of Cyprus, Greek Κίτιον (Kition), Phoenician KTY.

Simulated Annealing (SA) is an algorithm that approximates the global optimum of a function by employing randomness in searching, so that output can vary for the same input.

Christmas Eve 2025