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Author includes the word(s): Eliot Fintushel Summary includes the word(s): tarski 2 matches found out of 1646 entries (Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

The Grass and Tree (2003) Eliot Fintushel The Banach-Tarski paradox is invoked repeatedly as the underlying explanation for shapeshifting. And higher-dimensional generalizations prove crucial to the plot. The author goes so far as to cite... (more)

Milo and Sylvie (2000) Eliot Fintushel "Shapeshifting is treated as a form of Banach-Tarski equidecomposition. And part of a Zorn's Lemma proof is given explicitly." This story appeared in the March 2000... (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.

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