Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture
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Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture is a novel that blends mathematical history and fiction to explore obsession, genius, and the pursuit of an unsolved problem in number theory.
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| Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture Context triple: [Apostolos Doxiadis, notableWork, Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture]
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A.
Letters to a Young Mathematician
"Letters to a Young Mathematician" is a popular science book by Ian Stewart that offers personal, accessible guidance on the nature of mathematical thinking and the life of a mathematician.
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B.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a bestselling Italian novel that explores the lifelong emotional isolation and fragile bond between two misfit characters whose lives intersect like “twin primes.”
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C.
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is a popular biography of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, portraying his eccentric life, prolific collaborations, and profound impact on 20th-century mathematics.
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D.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
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E.
The Great Mathematical Problems
The Great Mathematical Problems is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores some of the most famous unsolved and historically significant problems in mathematics for a general audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture Target entity description: Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture is a novel that blends mathematical history and fiction to explore obsession, genius, and the pursuit of an unsolved problem in number theory.
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A.
Letters to a Young Mathematician
"Letters to a Young Mathematician" is a popular science book by Ian Stewart that offers personal, accessible guidance on the nature of mathematical thinking and the life of a mathematician.
-
B.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a bestselling Italian novel that explores the lifelong emotional isolation and fragile bond between two misfit characters whose lives intersect like “twin primes.”
-
C.
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is a popular biography of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, portraying his eccentric life, prolific collaborations, and profound impact on 20th-century mathematics.
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D.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
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E.
The Great Mathematical Problems
The Great Mathematical Problems is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores some of the most famous unsolved and historically significant problems in mathematics for a general audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mathematical fiction
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Apostolos Doxiadis ⓘ |
| character |
Petros Papachristos
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unnamed nephew narrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| englishEditionPublisher | Bloomsbury Publishing ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| genre |
mathematical fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in mathematics ⓘ readers of literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverSubject | mathematics ⓘ |
| hasFictionalRepresentationOf |
Goldbach’s conjecture
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academic community ⓘ mathematical research ⓘ |
| hasMathematicalTopic |
additive number theory
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infinite series ⓘ prime numbers ⓘ proof and rigor ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Goldbach’s conjecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Goldbach conjecture
failure ⓘ family relationships ⓘ genius ⓘ mathematical obsession ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting the psychology of a mathematician
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popularizing interest in Goldbach’s conjecture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| protagonist | Petros Papachristos ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| setting |
Europe
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Greece ⓘ |
| theme |
cost of genius
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interplay of life and mathematics ⓘ limits of human intellect ⓘ obsession with an unsolved problem ⓘ relationship between success and failure ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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