Billy Twillig

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Billy Twillig is the precocious teenage mathematical prodigy who serves as the central figure in Don DeLillo’s experimental science-fiction novel "Ratner’s Star."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
mathematical prodigy
age teenager
appearsIn Ratner’s Star
novel Ratner’s Star
associatedWith Ratner’s Star observatory
associatedWithAuthor Don DeLillo’s postmodern phase
characterRole central figure
protagonist
createdBy Don DeLillo
describedAs mathematical prodigy
precocious
teenage genius
familyName Twillig
fieldOfExpertise mathematics
number theory
firstAppearance Ratner’s Star
surface form: Ratner’s Star (1976)
genreContext experimental fiction
science fiction
givenName Billy
literaryPeriod postmodern literature
medium literature
narrativeFunction explores themes of science and language
nationality American (fictional)
notableFor extraordinary mathematical ability
occupation mathematician

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Ratner’s Star mainCharacter Billy Twillig