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Author includes the word(s): Thomas Reed Willemain 2 matches found out of 1647 entries (Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

Final Integer (2021) Thomas Reed Willemain In this short story, a number theorist is obsessed with one number, the date of his own death: It has been said that number theory was once the purest of pure math. But in David’s academic circle,... (more)

Mathematics Disputes with Death, and the Devil Intervenes (2021) Thomas Reed Willemain The title is an accurate description of this droll allegory featuring personifications of mathematics and death as well as the devil and "the Ancient One". The dead human over whom math and death argue... (more)

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Exciting News: The 1,600th entry was recently added to this database of mathematical fiction! Also, for those of you interested in non-fictional math books let me (shamelessly) plug the recent release of the second edition of my soliton theory textbook.

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)