Franz and Georg: Cantor's Mathematics of the Infinite in the Work of Kafka

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Knudson, Kevin P.¹ 

[1] University of Florida

关键词: Kafka;    Cantor Set;    dynamical system;   

DOI  :  10.5642/jhummath.201701.12

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation

【 摘 要 】

The infinite plays a significant role in many of Franz Kafka's stories. In this note we show that a version of the middle-thirds Cantor set construction appears in Kafka's Great Wall of China. His description of the Wall's construction mirrors an iterated system of functions whose limit set is the Cantor set; we present the relevant mathematical details and a close reading of the text of the story to illustrate this metaphor.

【 授权许可】

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