In other words, love and death - yes, exactly, exactly." Love as 'L' and death as 'D,' then L = f(D). "Of course, it's clear: in order to determine the true value of a function it is necessary to take it to its ultimate limit. Yesterday, at the very moment when I thought that everything was already disentangled, that all the X's wereįound, new unknown quantities appeared in my equation." Here are some samples of the way math appears in the text: The main character of the book, a mathematician named D-503, must come to grips with his love for the intriguing I-330 (lovely name, don't you think?) who gets him thinking more about "I" (the selfish self) than "We" (the OneState). The entire novel is currently available for free online here.) Some particularly mathematical sections were reprinted in the anthology sections reprinted in Imaginary Numbers. ( We was written in Russian in 1921, published in English in 1924, published in Russian in 1952 in New York, and only finally published in Russia in 1988. In fact, it is acknowledged as a source which Orwell used when writing his more famous dystopian novel. Like 1984, We is a book about a utopia gone wrong. Note: This work of mathematical fiction is recommended by Alex for literati. A list compiled by Alex Kasman ( College of Charleston)
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