2 papers
math.HO2017
From Poland to "Petersburg": The Banach-Tarski Paradox in Bely's Modernist Novel
Noah Giansiracusa, Anastasia Vasilyeva
Andrei Bely's novel "Petersburg," first published in 1913, was declared by Vladimir Nabokov one of the four greatest masterpieces of 20th-century prose. The Banach-Tarski Paradox,…
math.HO2017
Mathematical Symbolism in a Russian Literary Masterpiece
Noah Giansiracusa, Anastasia Vasilyeva
Andrei Bely's modernist novel "Petersburg," first published in 1913, is considered a pinnacle of the Symbolist movement. Nabokov famously ranked it as one of the four greatest mast…