MathFiction: Jumpers (Tom Stoppard)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Jumpers (1972)

Tom Stoppard
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In a philosophical monologue on the nature of morality, a main character considers Zeno's paradox and infinitesimals and imagines a circle as a limit of polygons.

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Mathematical Content:
1/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
4.5/5 (2 votes)

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