Mathematical fiction

The genre may include poems, short stories, novels or plays; comic books; films, videos, or audios.

[1][2] For example, Abbott's Flatland spawned a sequel in the 21st century: a novel titled Flatterland, authored by Ian Stewart and published in 2001.

Accordingly, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy, Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw, and several similar literary works appear in Kasman's database because these works contain references to mathematics or mathematicians, even though mathematics and mathematicians are not important in their plots.

According to this broader approach, the oldest extant work of mathematical fiction is The Birds, a comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes performed in 414 BCE.

Kasman's database has a list of more than one thousand items of diverse categories like literature, comic books and films.