Math Girls
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| Author | Hiroshi Yuki |
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| Original title | 数学ガール (Suugaku Gaaru) |
| Translator | Tony Gonzalez |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Series | Math Girls |
| Subject | Mathematics |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Publisher | Bento Books |
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Publication date
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June 27, 2007 |
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Published in English
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November 23, 2011 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback), Digital (iPad app) |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | (paperback), (hardcover) |
| Followed by | Math Girls: Fermat's Last Theorem |
Math Girls (数学ガール Sūgaku gāru?) is the first in a series of math-themed young adult novels of the same name by Japanese author Hiroshi Yuki. It was published by SoftBank Creative in 2007, followed by Math Girls: Fermat's Last Theorem in 2008, Math Girls: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems in 2009, and Math Girls: Random Selection Algorithms in 2011. As of December 2010, the series had sold over 100,000 books in Japan. On November 23, 2011, an English translation of the book was released by Bento Books, who subsequently released translations of Fermat's Last Theorem () and Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems () on December 5, 2012 and April 25, 2016, respectively.
The unnamed narrator and his schoolmates Miruka and Tetra are Japanese high school students with an interest in mathematics. Together they explore the world of mathematics by helping each other solve problems spanning a wide range of difficulty, from extensions of high school mathematics to extremely difficult problems previously addressed by famous mathematicians. While the book is presented as a novel, the bulk of its content is related to finding the solution to complex math problems, so could also be considered a form of textbook.
At the start of his first year of high school, the narrator meets a new classmate, a girl named Miruka. Without introducing herself, she gives him the beginning to number sequences, to which he answers with their continuation. One year later, the narrator is handed a letter by another girl, a new student named Tetra. The letter she wrote is a request for the narrator to tutor her in math. He begins teaching her, making Miruka jealous. The narrator balances his friendship with Tetra and his romantic interest in Miruka until Miruka and Tetra become friends after Tetra demonstrates her dedication to learning mathematics.
The narrator
Miruka
Tetra
Ay-Ay
Mr. Muraki
Tsunomiya
Ms. Mizutani
A Math Girls manga, illustrated by Mika Hisaka, serialized 14 chapters between April 2008 and June 2009 in Comic Flapper (except for the November 2008 issue). The chapters were subsequently published in two tankōbon volumes. This was followed by subsequent manga and tankōbon versions of Math Girls 2: Fermat's Last Theorem (illustrated by Kasuga Shun) and Math Girls 3: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems (illustrated by Matsuzaki Miyuki). Of the manga versions, only Math Girls have official English translations published, from Bento Books ().
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