LEADER 03432nam 22004575 450 001 9910741189703321 005 20251009083457.0 010 $a3-031-31491-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-31491-9 035 $a(CKB)27983444700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30699045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30699045 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-31491-9 035 $a(PPN)272272620 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927983444700041 100 $a20230815d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDo Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves? $eAnd Other Mathematically Bent Stories /$fby Colin Adams 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Birkhäuser,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (240 pages) 311 08$a9783031314902 327 $aPreface -- Introduction -- Immortality -- Gold Rush -- Prime Suspect -- The Cabinet of Dr. Möbius -- On Another Plane -- The Modern Prometheus -- Aftermath -- Looking Backward -- A Denial -- Algebrexit -- Fields Candidacy -- Leonhard Euler and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg -- The Great Storm -- All Tied Up -- The Adventures of Robin Caruso -- Hardy and Ramanujan -- Introduction to the Collected Works -- Mathematicus -- Happiness is a Warm Theorem -- Motivational Seminar -- Cylindra Ella -- Referee's Support -- Silence of the Lemmas -- The Seven Labors of Hercules -- Presidential Address -- A Pi Day Carol -- GUI -- Math is Everywhere -- Job Solicitation -- CSI: MSRI -- Do Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves?- A Ghost Story -- Equinox -- Secrets of Math Destruction -- The Book -- A Grader's Dream -- The End of Mathematics -- Definitions that Sizzle -- Edutainment -- A Prisoner's Dilemma -- The Intergalactic Congress of Mathematicians -- The Gulag -- Where do Theorems Come From?- The Lord of the Rings 1: The NSF Fellowship of the Rings -- Piracy -- Notes. 330 $aWhy 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. 606 $aMathematics 606 $aGeneral Mathematics 615 0$aMathematics. 615 14$aGeneral Mathematics. 676 $a510.207 700 $aAdams$b Colin$0599919 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910741189703321 996 $aDo Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves$93552955 997 $aUNINA