Despite physicists, proof is essential in mathematics

DOI10.1023/A:1004918402670MaRDI QIDQ1297034zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Saunders Mac Lane

Publication date 23 September 1999

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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