“In an Ocean of Ashes”: Order and Chaos in Mathematics and Literature

Year: 2015 Authors: Katharine Ahrens

Core claim

Dante and Stoppard independently or deliberately embody mathematical order and chaos, making literature a bridge to fractal thinking and dynamical systems.

Topics

order and chaos, fractal theory, literary structure, mathematics in literature

Domains

fractal geometry, dynamical systems, iterated function systems, geometry, literature, poetry, playwriting, structural analysis

Methods

comparative reading, close textual analysis, mathematical interpretation, Mathematica visualization

Media

Divine Comedy, Arcadia, Mathematica, IFS diagrams

Source status

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