A Fairy Tale - A Pseudo-History of Mathematics

Peter Flusser | published July, 1993

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First Date of Publication
July, 1993
Original Source
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
Additional Publication Information
Issue 8
Medium
Short Story
Original Language
English
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Summary: A humorous Genesis-style history of math, which begins with the Mother of Mathematicians (MOM) creating numbers, and ending with Godel and Hilbert showing that "the foundations of math are built on sand".

Story Tag Line: “And it shall be called the Eleventh Commandment: ‘Thou shalt not divide by zero!‘”


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