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Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

2023

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Astor Place Barber, Audrey Nasar Feb 2023

Astor Place Barber, Audrey Nasar

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

"Astor Place Barber" is a short story about a math professor and a barber. It plays with the logical concept of a paradox via the Barber's Paradox, which, made famous by Bertrand Russell, tells the story of a barber who both shaves himself and does not shave himself.