MathFiction: Twisters (Paul J. Nahin)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Twisters (1988)

Paul J. Nahin
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A medical doctor stumbles onto a dangerous trap in this short story which was published in Analog (Vol CVIII No 6, May 1988). The twisted donuts sold by the new shop he passes on the way to work turn out to be Klein bottles (a topological oddity like the Mobius strip).

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Mathematical Content:
2/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
1/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Humorous, Science Fiction,
Motif	Mobius Strip/Nonorientability,
Topic	Geometry/Topology/Trigonometry,
Medium	Short Stories,

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