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The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges’ Library of Babel
“The Library of Babel” is arguably Jorge Luis Borges’ best known story–memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges’ Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the classic works of modern literature. Written in the vein of Douglas R. Hofstadter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Gödel, Escher, Bach, this original and imaginative book sheds light on one of Borges’ most complex, richly layered works. Bloch begins each chapter with a mathematical idea–combinatorics, topology, geometry, information theory–followed by examples and illustrations that put flesh on the theoretical bones. In this way, he provides many fascinating insights into Borges’ Library. He explains, for instance, a straightforward way to calculate how many books are in the Library–an easily notated but literally unimaginable number–and also shows that, if each book were the size of a grain of sand, the entire universe could only hold a fraction of the books in the Library. Indeed, if each book were the size of a proton, our universe would still not be big enough to hold anywhere near all the books. Given Borges’ well-known affection for mathematics, this exploration of the story through the eyes of a humanistic mathematician makes a unique and important contribution to the body of Borgesian criticism. Bloch not only illuminates one of the great short stories of modern literature but also exposes the reader–including those more inclined to the literary world–to many intriguing and entrancing mathematical ideas.
                                                                                                                                                 

The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges Library of Babel 1st Table of contents:

 Introduction
The Library of Babel
Chapter 1 Combinatorics: Contemplating Variations
Chapter 2 Information Theory: Cataloging the Collection
Chapter 3 Real Analysis: The Book of Sand
Chapter 4 Topology and Cosmology: The Universe (Which
Chapter 5 Geometry and Graph Theory: Ambiguity
Chapter 6 More Combinatorics: Disorderings into Order
Chapter 7 A Homomorphism: Structure into Meaning
Chapter 8 Critical Points
Chapter 9 Openings
Appendix—Dissecting the 3-Sphere
Notations
Notes
Glossary
Annotated Suggested Readings
Bibliography
Index
Footnotes
The Library of Babel
Note 1
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