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This reminds me of an excellent short story by Ted Chiang, "Division by Zero", which deals with a mathematician's deteriorating mental state and attempted suici
by onosendai 13y ago
This reminds me of an excellent short story by Ted Chiang, "Division by Zero", which deals with a mathematician's deteriorating mental state and attempted suicide as a consequence of proving the inconsistency of mathematics.
The whole thing (http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/division/full http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/division/full) seems to be temporarily offline, but here's a pretty good summary: http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf194 http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumbe...
- majormajor 13y agoThat story is in Stories of Your Life and Others; I'd recommend the whole collection: http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/1931520720 http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/193...
- sxp 13y agohttp://web.archive.org/web/20130112204225/http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/division/full/ http://web.archive.org/web/20130112204225/http://www.fantast... has a backup.
- MasterScrat 13y agoFiction! it's a fiction. I didn't realize until after I finished. For some reason I feel better now.
- nitrogen 13y agoOn the subject of mathematical fiction, the story of the secret number bleem is interesting: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2000/20001120/secret_number.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/2000/20001120/secret_number.s...