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a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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

The Hangman's Brother (2023)

David Sheskin

This short story begins with the following odd setup: Minutes before his execution for blasphemy the brilliant Pakistani mathematician Zahid Abidi whispered into the ear of the hangman who would fasten... (more)

Knots (2022)

David Sheskin

After a quote about knots from Wikipedia, this short story begins with this odd setup: Minutes before his execution for blasphemy a brilliant Iranian mathematician whispered into the right ear of... (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 .

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