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Author includes the word(s): Erik Talvila 2 matches found out of 1591 entries (Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

Folk Music Festivals and Mathematics Conferences (2015) Erik Talvila The narrator in this work of mathematical fiction attends both a music festival and a math research conference. This allows the author, a math professor at the University of the Fraser Valley, to compare... (more)

I Had to Call In a Mathematician (2019) Erik Talvila This short story published in the Mathematical Intelligencer answers the age old question "What if math was more like plumbing?" “Hi Janice. It's Mort. I've got another problem here and I've... (more)

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Exciting News: The total number of works of mathematical fiction listed in this database recently reached a milestone. The 1,500th entry is The Man of Forty Crowns by Voltaire. Thanks to Vijay Fafat for writing the summary of that work (and so many others). I am also grateful to everyone who has contributed to this website. Heck, I'm grateful to everyone who visited the site. Thank you!

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