Michael Marsh-Soloway

The Mathematical Mind of F. M. Dostoevsky

Imaginary Numbers, Non-Euclidean Geometry, and Infinity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines reconstructs the curriculum and readings that F. M. Dostoevsky encountered during his studies at the Main Engineering School in St. Petersburg in 1838-1843 and connects such sources to the mathematical references and themes in his published works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9781666948080
• ISBN-10: 166694808X
• Artikelnr.: 71775071

Autorenporträt

Michael Marsh-Soloway is director of the Global Studio at the University of Richmond.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Mathematical Terminology
Chronology of Biographical Events
Introduction: Tracing the Origins of Dostoevsky's Mathematical Aesthetics
Chapter 1: Dostoevsky's Education at the Main Military Engineering School,
1838-1843
Chapter 2: The Certainty of Uncertainty, 2x2=5, and the Ontological Unity
of the Real and the Imaginary in Notes from Underground
Chapter 3: Null Sets, Pitfalls of Insolvability, and a Refutation of
Utilitarian Calculus in Crime and Punishment
Chapter 4: Probability, Spirituality, and Free Will Predicated on
Unpredictability in The Gambler with Reference to the Personal Life and
Other Writings of F.M. Dostoevsky
Chapter 5: "There is no virtue, if there is no immortality": Non-Euclidean
Metaphysics and the Fallibility of Scientific Determinism in "Dream of a
Ridiculous Man" and The Brothers Karamazov
Conclusion: A Dynamic Mathematical Legacy
Appendix: The Historical Development of Mathematics in Imperial Russia
Bibliography
About the Author