Re: Mathematical Fiction


Nancy Lebovitz wrote:
> In article <ghrst1ll3cieg43m51qeti5dspbghrvoq7@xxxxxxx>,
> Jeff Lanam <jeff-dot-lanam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On 29 Jan 2006 10:06:47 -0800, lal_al@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> >The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norman Juster
> >
> >A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
> >
> IIRC, neither of those have actual math in them.

_The Phantom Tollbooth_ has some silly math-based
humor, though nothing very rigorious as best I can recall.
For instance, the protagonist meets an average boy from an average
family -- there are 2.57 children (or some such figure)
and he is the fractional 0.57 child; only the left (or
right?) half of him exists. And he finds an infinite
corridor, where is is told to walk down the hall forever,
then turn left. There are other things like that but
it's been too long since I've read it to remember them.

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Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry

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