MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Love Counts (2005)
Michael Hastings (libretto) / Michael Nyman (score)
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This opera tells the tale of the surprising friendship between a boxer whose career and life are in decline and a mathematics professor who uses arithmetic as a tool to help him out. It premiered in March 2005 at Germany's Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.

Thanks to Peter Freyd for pointing it out to me.

More information about this work can be found at www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de.
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Works Similar to Love Counts
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Emilie by Kaija Saariaho (composer) / Amin Maalouf (libretto)
  2. Archimedes, a planetarium opera by James Dashow
  3. Aniara by Harry Martinson
  4. Alphabet by Chelsea Spear
  5. Incompleteness by Apostolos Doxiadis
  6. The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem by Rinne Groff
  7. Pascal's Wager by Nancy Rue
  8. Welcome to Paradise by Paul David-Goddard / Helen Miller
  9. Going Out by Scarlett Thomas
  10. Le Cas de Sophie K. by Jean-Frangois Peyret (playwright and director)
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Categories:
Genre
MotifFemale Mathematicians, Music,
TopicAlgebra/Arithmetic/Number Theory,
MediumPlays,

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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)