A. Square was the pen-name Edwin Abbott used in 1884 when writing this mathematical fiction story. Mathematical fiction as a genre originated with Abbott’s “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” in 1884. In communities of highly analytical people, in computer science and mathematics this book is a classic . Mathematical fiction is rare in comparison to Science Fiction.
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