MathFiction: The Strange Case of Mr. Jean D. (Joao Filipe Queiro)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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The Strange Case of Mr. Jean D. (1983)

Joao Filipe Queiro
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Published in the Mathematical Intelligencer magazine (Math.Intell. 5, 3 78-90 (1983)) this is the story of a mathematician who has a nightmare: Pi is rational! (Thanks to Nuno Crato for the suggestion.)

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The Case of the Murdered Mathematician by Julia Barnes / Kathy Ivey
Riot at the Calc Exam and Other Mathematically Bent Stories by Colin Adams
The Mathematician’s Nightmare: The Vision of Professor Squarepunt by Bertrand Russell
Into Thin Air by Colin Adams
The Romance of Mathematics: Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College... by Peter Hampson Ditchfield
Division by Zero by Ted Chiang
Euclid and His Modern Rivals by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll)

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Mathematical Content:
3/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
5/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Humorous, Didactic,
Motif
Topic	Algebra/Arithmetic/Number Theory,
Medium	Short Stories,

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