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Borges and mathematics

 * ... that The Aleph in Jorge Luis Borges' short story is an allusion to Cantor's cardinality of transfinite sets?
 * Reviewed: Clara Nomee
 * Comment: Not sure if the highlighted part is a good way to link to the article - am open to suggeestions. Also, for the citation, check pg. 37 and 140 of the offline source.

Created/expanded by SPat (talk). Self nom at 16:33, 11 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment: I hate to whine, but it's been over two weeks without a single review... I've to return those books to my library, people  S Pat   talk 19:00, 28 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg article length date and sourcing are fine. There is no sign of any problems with plagiarism/copyvio - AGF for sources that I have no access to. The hook is short enough and interesting (to me anyway) and is supported by an inline cite. I'm OK with the linkage used to the article, the alternative would be to rewrite the hook I think, possibly by adding ", demonstrating the influence of mathematics on his writing". So suggest ALT1 hook as
 * ... that The Aleph in Jorge Luis Borges short story, is an allusion to Cantor's cardinality of transfinite sets, demonstrating the influence of mathematics on his writing?

Mikenorton (talk) 22:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)