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'''Gnotilus''' is [[villain (nonfiction)]] based on the [[nautilus (nonfiction)]], who has powers over the [[golden ratio (nonfiction)]], the [[Forbidden ratio]].
[[File:Gnotilus Manifesting.png|thumb|Gnotilus manifesting.  See [[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]].]][[File:Gnotilus_Klein_bottles.jpg|thumb|Gnotilus manifesting itself as a three-stage [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottle]].]]'''Gnotilus''' is an autonomous criminal [[Function (nonfiction)|mathematical function]] and alleged [[supervillain]] which is obsessed with destroying the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]].


== Geometry solvent ==
== History ==


Gnotilus excretes [[geometry solvent]].
Gnotilus has a long-standing grudge against the [[Parthenon (nonfiction)|Parthenon]].


== Gold Ruster ==
Gnotilus is the founder and first citizen of the [[independent kingdom]] of [[Abalonia]].


Gnotilus and the villain [[Gold Ruster]] are mortal enemies, and have fought on many occasions.
Gnotilus has posted a bounty for the [[Bathysquare]], dead or alive.
 
Gnotilus is keenly aware of the phenomenon of [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration]].
 
Gnotilus is known for slipping and falling on [[Spin ice (nonfiction)|spin ice]] in a public and comical manner.
 
Gnotilus often uses [[Gelatinous cube (nonfiction)|Gelatinous cubes]] as cheap, disposable soldiers. This has unpleasant side-effects, including nausea and vomiting, because Gnotilus has a deep psychological aversion to all things [[Cube (nonfiction)|cubical]].


Nonetheless, during occasional peace treaties, they have joined forces as a [[crime team (nonfiction)]].
Gnotilus grew up with ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'', and still enjoys reading it from time to time.


== ''Endemica'' ==
== In the News ==


Gnotilus is obsessed with ''[[Endemica]]'', [[Reading at night (nonfiction)|reading it nightly (nonfiction)]], and using it as a reference manual for planning crimes.
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File:Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens|''[[Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize for Counter-Felony Transdimensional Photography.


== Acropolis (nonfiction) grudge ==
File:Red Spiral 2.jpg|link=Red Spiral 2|April 25, 2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Red Spiral 2]]'' stolen from Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia by the notorious criminal mathematical function Gnotilus.


Gnotilus has a long-standing grudge against the [[Acropolis (nonfiction)]].
File:Red Spiral 3.jpg|link=Red Spiral 3 (nonfiction)|June 4, 2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Red Spiral 3 (nonfiction)|Red Spiral 3]]'' accidentally releases the notorious criminal mathematical function [[Gnotilus]].


== Abalonia ==
File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|Publication of ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' "probably not responsible for copycat crimes," according to new report by [[Cantor Parabola]].


Gnotilus is the founder and first citizen of [[Abalonia]].
File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|Black-figure [[Hydria (nonfiction)|hydria]] shows Gnotilus defending himself from a sneak attack by [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]].


== Gnotilus treaty ==
File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|[[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen by Gnotilus;  painting may hold key to [[Manhattan Project|abstract expressionist weapons]].


Gnotilus has a treaty with [[The Boxes]], the details of which are secret.
File:Nacre_powder_flask.jpg|link=Nacre (nonfiction)|link=Nacre (nonfiction)|''Turbo marmoratus'' gunpowder flasks distributed by Gnotilus in vast numbers, probably played role in [[Parthenon (nonfiction)|Parthenon bombardment]].


The treaty is thought (by whom?) to involve the [[Forbidden ratio]].
File:Iridescent_Ammonite.jpg|link=Gold Ruster|[[Gold Ruster]] and Gnotilus are mortal enemies, and have fought on many occasions, yet have formed [[crime team (nonfiction)|crime teams]].


== The Bathysquare ==
File:Dessins de Hilbert de sa courbe remplissante.png|Rough draft of [[Gnotilus-Boxes Treaty]], based on work stolen from [[David Hilbert]].


Gnotilus has posted a bounty for the [[Bathysquare]], dead or alive.
File:Animal_cell_diagram.svg|link=Organelles of the Secretory Pathway|Gnotilus visits [[Organelles of the Secretory Pathway]], secretes [[geometry solvent]].
 
File:Curtain_Theatre.jpg|link=Curtain Theatre (nonfiction)|Gnotilus rages at shape of [[Curtain Theatre (nonfiction)|Curtain theatre]].
 
File:Spin ice spin arrangement diagram.svg|link=Spin ice (nonfiction)|Gnotilus slips, falls on [[Spin ice (nonfiction)|Spin ice]].
 
File:Didgeridoo wax mouthpiece seal.jpg|link=Geometry solvent|Wax seal on feeding tube enables Gnotilus to secrete [[geometry solvent]] directly into [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]].
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Bathysquare]]
* [[Bathysquare]]
* [[Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens]]
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Endemica]]
* [[Endemica]]
* [[Forbidden ratio]]
* [[Forbidden ratio]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gold Ruster]]
* [[Gold Ruster]]
* [[Medusa Obligata]]
* [[Nacreum]]
* [[Nacreum]]
8 [[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]
* [[Reading at night (nonfiction)]]
* [[Reading at night (nonfiction)]]
* [[The Boxes]]
* [[The Boxes]]
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* [[Acropolis (nonfiction)]]
* [[Acropolis (nonfiction)]]
* [[Curtain Theatre (nonfiction)]]
* [[Crime team (nonfiction)]]
* [[Crime team (nonfiction)]]
* [[Cube (nonfiction)]]
* [[Function (nonfiction)]]
* [[Gelatinous cube (nonfiction)]]
* [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)]]
* [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)]]
* [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)]]
* [[Nautilus (nonfiction)]]
* [[Nautilus (nonfiction)]]
* [[Villain (nonfiction)]]
* [[Schadenfreude (nonfiction)]]
* [[Supervillain (nonfiction)]]
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1380514579164332034 Post] @ Twitter (9 April 2021)


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[[Category:Golden ratio (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Golden ratio (nonfiction)]]
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[[Category:Supervillains]]

Latest revision as of 06:32, 15 August 2021

Gnotilus manifesting. See Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.
Gnotilus manifesting itself as a three-stage Klein bottle.

Gnotilus is an autonomous criminal mathematical function and alleged supervillain which is obsessed with destroying the Golden ratio.

History

Gnotilus has a long-standing grudge against the Parthenon.

Gnotilus is the founder and first citizen of the independent kingdom of Abalonia.

Gnotilus has posted a bounty for the Bathysquare, dead or alive.

Gnotilus is keenly aware of the phenomenon of Geometrical frustration.

Gnotilus is known for slipping and falling on spin ice in a public and comical manner.

Gnotilus often uses Gelatinous cubes as cheap, disposable soldiers. This has unpleasant side-effects, including nausea and vomiting, because Gnotilus has a deep psychological aversion to all things cubical.

Gnotilus grew up with The Unruly Submarine, and still enjoys reading it from time to time.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

8 Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (9 April 2021)
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