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Astor Place Barber, Audrey Nasar
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.
Ladies' Night, Robert Dawson
Ladies' Night, Robert Dawson
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
"Lady" Jane is an expert at her racket. The Joint Statistical Meetings are in Vegas, and she reckons it's payday. But she's taking on the professionals.
The Topology Of Absence, Nora E. Culik
The Topology Of Absence, Nora E. Culik
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
“The Topology of Absence” literalizes triangulations, hyperbeloids, and the concept of the limit in the story of “locating” a lost mother. This story, like “The Physicist’s Basement” in the July 2014 issue, is part of a series that worries about competing notions of mathematics, i.e., mathematics as some sort of disembodied configuration or as emergent in the material reality of human life.
The Physicist's Basement, Nora Culik
The Physicist's Basement, Nora Culik
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
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On The Occasion Of Your Graduation, Robert Dawson
On The Occasion Of Your Graduation, Robert Dawson
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
A letter from an absent supervisor to a doctoral student about to graduate reveals a terrible secret.