From Poland to Petersburg: The Banach-Tarski Paradox in Bely's Modernist Novel
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Published: 7 July 2020 | Article Type :Abstract
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, published in 1924, is one of the most striking and well-known results in 20th-century mathematics. In this paper we explore a potential connection between these two landmark works, based on various interactions with the Moscow Mathematical School and passages in the novel itself.

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Noah Giansiracusa, Anastasia Vasilyeva. (2020-07-07). "From Poland to Petersburg: The Banach-Tarski Paradox in Bely's Modernist Novel." *Volume 4*, 3, 1-8