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Author Bloch, William Goldbloom.

Title The unimaginable mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel [electronic resource] / William Goldbloom Bloch.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description xx, 192 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
Contents Combinatorics : contemplating variations of the 23 letters -- Information theory : cataloging the collection -- Real analysis : the book of sand -- Topology and cosmology : the universe (which others call the library) -- Geometry and graph theory : ambiguity and access -- More combinatorics : disordering into order -- A homomorphism : structure into meaning -- Critical points -- Openings.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics.
Mathematics and literature.
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195334579 (alk. paper)
0195334574 (alk. paper)

 
    
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