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1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."
Supervillain Neptune Slaughter manifests as gigantic ice worm, extracts data from Project Iceworm.
Red-limned Sea Quetzalcoatl takes orders from Neptune Slaughter.
Green Spiral 9 vows to fight Sea Quetzalcoatl on sight.
HAL 9000 blames software defect for death of crew and passengers.
Software defect denies killing crew and passengers of spaceship Discovery.
1964: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov uses Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
Famed artificial intelligence Benoit Mandelbrot proposes to deprogram HAL 9000.
Release of evil bit blamed for HAL 9000's defects.
The Zodiac Healer travels along the ecliptic, exactly as HAL 9000 predicted.
"HAL 9000 is planning to kill us all," warns Lord Kelvin.

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+File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."
 File:Neptune_Slaughter_menaces_Project_Iceworm.jpg|link=Project Iceworm (nonfiction)|Supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] manifests as gigantic ice worm, extracts data from [[Project Iceworm (nonfiction)|Project Iceworm]].
 File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] takes orders from [[Neptune Slaughter]].