![]() ![]() Patel is named Piscine Molitor after a monumental Swimming Pool Complex in France by his uncle. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor Patel, changed his name to “Pi” after the fascinating π in Mathematics. Joseph Varghese Kreethara of the Department of Mathematics at Christ University in Bangalore has convinced me to reconsider: ![]() (You see, I try to focus only on those works which have significant mathematical content.though it is not always easy to make that distinction.) When I realized that the reference to math was brief and relatively insignificant, I decided not to include the book in this database. I read this novel when it first came out both because it (deservedly) received a lot of praise and awards, and also because the title suggested there might be some connection to math. A list compiled by Alex Kasman ( College of Charleston) ![]()
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