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Re:Best Mathematical Science Fiction Books by twic on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:42PM (#39339525)
Sounds like Greg Egan, but I don't recognise that particular story. If you don't get a result here, try a story identification question on Stack Exchange, the residents there are amazing at this:

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-ident...

Re:Best Mathematical Science Fiction Books by purplejacket on Sunday February 11, 2024 @07:27PM (#39340228)
Thanks for that link! There's another old story from a collection I read circa 1992 that I'm trying to chase down ;)