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7 Φεβ 2012 · Fictionalism about mathematics allows a philosopher to reject a commitment to any specifically mathematical, abstract objects like numbers, sets and functions while at the same time continuing to accept our ordinary scientific theories and practices.
Mathematics in Science Fiction: Mathematics as Science Fiction David Fowler; World Literature Today; University of Oklahoma; Volume 84, Number 3, May-June 2010; pp. 48-52; 10.1353/wlt.2010.0188; Article
The Mathematical Fiction Homepage is my attempt to collect information about all significant references to mathematics in fiction. You can see the entire list (sorted by author, title or publication date). You can browse through the database to find your favorite genre, topic, motif or medium.
9 Μαρ 2021 · The books explained different mathematical structures in a very formal fashion, setting out axioms and definitions, then deriving the whole edifice of a particular abstract structure.
2 Οκτ 2014 · While some have seen extrapolation and speculation as opposites, others have seen them as sequential stages in an imaginative process, and still others have used the terms interchangeably, the distinctions between them blurred by differing conceptions of plausibility and of science.
In discussing the use of mathematical ideas in sf, the boundary between sf and fantasy must be drawn according to somewhat different principles from those used in the case of the natural sciences. Since many mathematical ideas derive their piquancy from the fact that they are definitely incompatible with the world we live in, a story ...
1 Μαΐ 2010 · A common assumption in science fiction, and among at least some scientists and mathematicians, is that mathematics would be commonly understood by intelligent beings from other cosmic locations. Notation would certainly differ, but prime numbers would still be different from composite numbers, ellipses would describe the orbits of planets ...
