| This is another very nice story by the author of The Book of Alephs. In this one, a man decorating a mausoleum with tiles violates the rules to honor his dead wife.
I'm really not sure that I consider this one "mathematical fiction". Certainly, mathematicians do prove theorems about tilings. (See for example, this Quanta article.) But, that does not make any discussion of tiles mathematical. It is clear to me that the author was thinking about mathematical tilings while writing it. However, the mathematics is more implicit than explicit.
Since you are reading this and since the story is available for free, why don't you take a look at it and then let me know whether you think this story should continue to be included in this database of mathematical fiction. I honestly would like to know!
The story appeared in the October 2024 issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
| Contributed by
Allan Goldberg
The story (the Mausoleum), IMHO, clearly belongs on your website as it discusses some (rudimentary) 2D and 3D tessellation rules.
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