The Faroe Islands were part of the tour.
Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics concerns several modern mathematical concepts found in certain essays and short stories of Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges -LRB- 1899-1986 -RRB- , including concepts such as set theory , recursion , chaos theory , and infinite sequences , although Borges ' strongest links to mathematics are through Georg Cantor 's theory of infinite sets , outlined in `` The Doctrine of Cycles '' -LRB- La doctrina de los ciclos -RRB- .. mathematical. mathematics. Argentinian. Argentina. Jorge Luis Borges. Jorge Luis Borges. set theory. set theory. recursion. recursion. chaos theory. chaos theory. infinite. infinity. Georg Cantor. Georg Cantor. Some of Borges ' most popular works such as `` The Library of Babel '' -LRB- La Biblioteca de Babel -RRB- , `` The Garden of Forking Paths '' -LRB- El Jardin de Senderos que se Bifurcan -RRB- , `` The Aleph '' -LRB- El Aleph -RRB- , an allusion to Cantor 's use of the Hebrew letter aleph to denote cardinality of transfinite sets .. The Library of Babel. The Library of Babel. The Garden of Forking Paths. The Garden of Forking Paths. The Aleph. The Aleph ( short story ). aleph. aleph. and `` The Approach to Al-Mu ` tasim '' -LRB- El acercamiento a Almotasim -RRB- illustrate his use of mathematics .. According to Argentinian mathematician Guillermo Martinez , Borges at least had a knowledge of mathematics at the level of first courses in algebra and analysis at a university -- covering logic , paradoxes , infinity , topology and probability theory .. Argentinian. Argentina. Guillermo Martinez. Guillermo Martinez ( writer ). algebra. algebra. logic. logic. topology. topology. probability theory. probability theory. He was also aware of the contemporary debates on the foundations of mathematics .