Donald Knuth’s novelette about the mathematics of the surreal number field.

Donald in math magic land.

(sur + real » beyond + real » magic)

Surreal Numbers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number

http://www.tondering.dk/claus/sur15.pdf

http://www.usna.navy.mil/MathDept/wdj/surreal_numbers.html

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SurrealNumber.html

https://www.discover.com/issues/dec-95/features/infinityplusonea599/

Donald Knuth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth

John Horton Conway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway

Donald in Mathmagic Land

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land

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