Doing Mathematics: Convention, Subject, Calculation, Analogy

Martin H (Univ Of Southern California, Usa) Krieger

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2003

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A discussion of ways of doing mathematical work. 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 depend on mathematics, what will work out and what won't.

ISBN-13
9789812382061
ISBN-10
9812382062
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-01-27
Pages
472
Dimensions
221x163x24
Weight
648