Once upon a prime: the wondrous connections between mathematics and literature

Part 1: Mathematical structure, creativity, and constraint. One, two, buckle my shoe: the patterns of poetry ; The geometry of narrative: how mathematics can structure a story ; A workshop for potential literature: mathematics and the Oulipo ; Let me count the ways: the arithmetic of narrative choice

Part 2: Algebraic allusions: the narrative uses of mathematics. Fairy-tale figures: the symbolism of number in fiction ; Ahab's arithmetic: mathematical metaphors in fiction ; Travels in fabulous realms: the math of myth

Part 3: Mathematics becomes the story. Taking an idea for a walk: mathematical concepts so compelling they escape into fiction ; The real life of Pi: thematic mathematics in the novel ; Moriarty was a mathematician: the role of the mathematical genius in literature.