MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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The Babelogic of Mathematics (2023)
Vijay Fafat
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This is a creation myth for mathematics itself, incorporating the writing styles of both the Book of Genesis and Nasadiya Sukta. The author, it should be noted, is a frequent contributor to this website who has discovered many old gems of mathematical fiction, and now has published two new ones of his own.

Contributed by Allan Goldberg

IMHO a unique, dense, and brilliant story which uses an "absolute" unknowable (but definable) mathematical construct, with deference to creation texts, to develop the mathematical universe a cosmic step at a time.

Citation: Vijay Fafat, "The Babelogic of Mathematics," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 13 Issue 1 (January 2023), pages 304-315.

More information about this work can be found at scholarship.claremont.edu.
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Works Similar to The Babelogic of Mathematics
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Discordium Mathematica by Vijay Fafat
  2. Perturbation - For Nature Computes On A Straight Line (In Seven Balancing Acts) by Vijay Fafat
  3. Constanto Mysterium - A Paradise of Shifting Constants by Vijay Fafat
  4. Cantor’s Dragon by Craig DeLancy
  5. Saint Joan of New York: A Novel About God and String Theory by Mark Alpert
  6. Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
  7. The God Equation by Michael A.R. Co
  8. Dante Dreams by Stephen Baxter
  9. Perelman's Song by Tina Chang
  10. Incomplete Proofs by John Chu
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Mathematical Content:
5/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
4/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreFantasy,
MotifReal Mathematicians, Religion,
TopicGeometry/Topology/Trigonometry, Logic/Set Theory,
MediumShort Stories, Available Free Online,

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Where are the new works of mathematical fiction?: As you can see from this chronological listing, this database includes many works of mathematical fiction for each year from 1990 to 2025. Strangely, only two are listed for 2026, so far. Either less mathematical fiction is being published than in previous years or I'm just having more trouble finding it. If you know of any works of fiction that should be added to this list, especially recently published ones, please let me know. (Keep in mind that I do not include self-published works or children's fiction that just covers elementary mathematical concepts.) Thanks!

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)