The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

ISBN: 9780195334579 出版年：2008 页码：213 Bloch, William Goldbloom Oxford University Press

Preface Introduction Combinatorics: Contemplating Variations of the 23 Letter Topology and Cosmology: The Universe (Which Others Call the Library) Information Theory: Cataloging the Collection Geometry and Graph Theory: Ambiguity and Access Real Analysis: The Book of Sand More Combinatorics: Disorderings into Order A Homomorphism: Structure into Meaning Critical Points Openings Acknowledgements Appendix IThe Logos of Logarithms Appendix IIFlat-Out Disoriented Appendix IIIPeeling the 3-Sphere Appendix IVA Labyrinth, not a Maze Appendix VAn Example of the Ars Combinatoria Bibliography