Math!John

[atheniatrue.livejournal.com]

I was re-reading an EOD AU with Mathematician!John Sheppard (one of Keira Marcos'stories) and it put me in the mood for more stories where John shows off his math skills. They don't have to be AU's where John got his Ph.D or went to Atlantis as a scientist (though those are welcome too). They can simply be stories where he shows off his intellectual side more.
(For instance, I have read one where his team is on some planet working with local scientists and they are looking at these street lights that are powered strangely. It triggers John and he ends up developing a whole new type of naquadah generator. The whole thing is still in canon!Sheppard, but he is just more mathy.)

For AUs, I would prefer non-Rod! AUs - or at least ones that don't start immediately after the switch. I tend to like ones that are either (sort of) in canon or completely removed from the canon universe(that is, ones that don't show multiverse crossovers).

Thanks.

Comments

[imwithrebel.livejournal.com]

Short and sweet: Beautiful Equations (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3190469) by ami_ven

I've bookmarked several searches from years ago on similar themes. They have tons of results you can look through. Hopefully it will help you find some older, lesser known stuff in addition to the other recs people will give you. :)

John and His Mad Math Skillz (http://sgagenrefinders.livejournal.com/744083.html)
Mathy McShep (http://sgagenrefinders.livejournal.com/764076.html)
Smart!Sheppard (http://sgagenrefinders.livejournal.com/305903.html)
More Smart!Sheppard (http://sgagenrefinders.livejournal.com/691232.html)

[that-which.livejournal.com]

These may be on those lists above, but I had the tabs open :)

Zugzwang (http://www.refugeeblues.com/mcshepmatch/2009/peace/fic5w_pota.html).
Indelible (http://archiveofourown.org/works/120496)

Self-Rec

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

That's What Friends Do (http://www.enolasrealm.com/whatfriendsdo.htm)

Mr. Fantastic and Einstein's Wife [A Jump to the Left]

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if it is on one of the lists already posted but it is so cracked I wanted to make sure you didn't miss it.

by glitterandlube
http://archiveofourown.org/works/103042


Summary:
John and Rodney have been BFFs since they were kids and John's always been gay and determined to marry Rodney who thought he was straight -- and John recognized he might have to wait for Rodney to accept the inevitability of their true love but it would be Rodney's job to help John get boyfriends and cheer on his sluttiness until he did -- and John's hippie mom has always been supportive and Rodney's dad is maybe the devil and John didn't become a pilot because of eye problems and Rodney runs the SGC labs where mathy!John works with him and Sam is by turns baffled and entertained when she shows up. And Rodney's all protective and makes Marines who insult John cry and he blew up John's cheating college boyfriend's car and when John and Rodney finally do get married ("wow, his ring is really pretty") their song is White and Nerdy.

deconblus