MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Wang's Carpets (1995)
Greg Egan
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This short story about a life form based on Wang Tiles first appeared in 1995 in Greg Bear's New Legends collection but was later expanded into an entire novel. For more information, see my entry on the novel that grew out of it, Egan's Diaspora.

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Categories:
GenreScience Fiction,
MotifAliens,
TopicComputers/Cryptography, Real Mathematics, Logic/Set Theory,
MediumShort Stories,

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