8 Entertaining Math-Inspired Reads for Pi Day

[Dave Monroe]

3. Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

No one said Pynchon was easy to read. Gravity’s Rainbow, a 760-page
juggernaut released in 1973, gets an extra kick from three lengthy
equations dispersed throughout the book, which follows the production
of German V-2 missiles near the end of World War II. And while we
could speculate on what Pynchon’s three hearty equations might mean,
academics have already broken down the math. We’ll let them do the
talking here and here.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/eight-math-inspired-stories-for-pi-day.html

"here"

The Three Equations in Gravity's Rainbow
By Schachterle, Lance; Aravind, P. K.
Pynchon Notes , No. 46-49  , Spring 2000

https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-168162271/the-three-equations-in-gravity-s-rainbow

"and here"

The Calculus of Transformation: More Mathematical Imagery in Gravity's Rainbow
Lance W. Ozier
Twentieth Century Literature
Vol. 21, No. 2, Essays on Thomas Pynchon (May, 1975), pp. 193-210

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/440708
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