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Do Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves?

And Other Mathematically Bent Stories

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Authors:
  1. Colin Adams

    1. Department of Mathematics, Williams College, Williamstown, USA

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  • Collects humorous mathematical stories from the author's "Mathematically Bent" column

  • Will engage and amuse anyone with an interest in the world of math and mathematicians

  • Includes new commentary from the author

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Table of contents (45 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Immortality

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 1-6

  3. Gold Rush

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 7-11

  4. Prime Suspect

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 13-16

  5. The Cabinet of Dr. Möbius

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 17-27

  6. On Another Plane

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 29-31

  7. The Modern Prometheus

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 33-36

  8. Aftermath

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 37-42

  9. Looking Backward

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 43-51

  10. A Denial

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 53-56

  11. Algebrexit

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 57-60

  12. Fields Candidacy

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 61-63

  13. Leonhard Euler and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 65-68

  14. The Great Storm

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 69-73

  15. All Tied Up

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 75-79

  16. The Adventures of Robin Caruso

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 81-85

  17. Hardy and Ramanujan

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 87-90

  18. Introduction to the Collected Works

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 91-93

  19. Mathematicus

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 95-98

  20. Happiness Is a Warm Theorem

    • Colin Adams
    Pages 99-103
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About this book

Why is the Devil thrilled when Hell gets its first mathematician? How do 6 and 27 solve the diabolical murder of 9?  What are the advantages a vampire has in the math world?  What happens when we run out of new math to discover?  How does Dr. Frankenstein create the ideal mathematical creature? What transpires when a grad student digging for theorems strikes a rich vein on the ridge overlooking Deadwood? What happens when math students band together to foment rebellion? What will a mathematician do beyond the grave to finish that elusive proof?


This is just a small subset of the questions plumbed in this collection of 45 mathematically bent stories from the fertile imagination of Colin Adams. Originally appearing in The Mathematical Intelligencer, an expository mathematics magazine, these tales give a decidedly unconventional look at the world of mathematics and mathematicians. A section of notes is provided at the end of the book that explain references that may not be familiar to all and that include additional commentary by the author.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, Williams College, Williamstown, USA

    Colin Adams

About the author

Colin Adams is the Thomas T. Read Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. He primarily works in the areas of hyperbolic 3-manifolds and knot theory. Adams also writes the "Mathematically Bent" column for the Mathematical Intelligencer.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Do Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves?

  • Book Subtitle: And Other Mathematically Bent Stories

  • Authors: Colin Adams

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31491-9

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31490-2Published: 16 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-31491-9Published: 15 August 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 253

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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