Euler's Königsberg: the explanatory power of mathematics

DOI10.1007/S13194-017-0189-XzbMATH Open1428.00017OpenAlexW2767379113MaRDI QIDQ2289705FDOQ2289705

Authors: Tim Räz 

Publication date: 24 January 2020

Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/18320/1/main_document_philsci.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

computational complexitymathematical explanationKönigsberg bridges problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs (05C45) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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