Doing mathematics : convention, subject, calculation, analogy /

A discussion of some ways of doing mathematical work and the subject matter that is being worked upon and created. It argues that the conventions we adopt, the subject areas we delimit, what we can prove and calculate about the physical world, and the analogies that work for mathematicians - all dep...

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Main Author: Krieger, Martin H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2003.
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