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a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

Author includes the word(s): Catherine Aird
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(Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

Benchmark (2014)

Catherine Aird

This short story does little more than set up the scenario of the famous Prisoner's Dilemma from game theory. The detectives do discuss the connection between their situation and that theoretical example... (more)

One Under the Eight (1994)

Catherine Aird

A creative but simple mathematical code is utilized by a criminal to secretly pass a number (one that will disable a security system) to an accomplice during a wine tasting event in this short detective... (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 .

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)