Depth -- a Gaussian tradition in mathematics

DOI10.1093/PHILMAT/NKU035MaRDI QIDQ2965637zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jeremy Gray

Publication date 3 March 2017

Published in Philosophia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nku035

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic reciprocityCantor's set theorydepth and other aesthetic qualities in mathematicsGauss' \textit{Disquisitiones}structural versus problem-oriented view in mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of number theory (11-03) Power residues, reciprocity (11A15) History of real functions (26-03)

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