The phenomenology of mathematical beauty

DOI10.1023/A:1004930722234zbMATH Open1012.00501WikidataQ56454283 ScholiaQ56454283MaRDI QIDQ1297036FDOQ1297036

Authors: Gian-Carlo Rota 

Publication date: 17 June 2003

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

beauty of mathematics

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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