Explanation, existence and natural properties in mathematics. A case study: Desargues' theorem

DOI10.1111/1746-8361.12120MaRDI QIDQ3460433zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marc Lange

Publication date 7 January 2016

Published in Dialectica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-8361.12120

zbMATH Keywords

projective geometryDesargues' theoremMenelaus' theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Configuration theorems in linear incidence geometry (51A20)

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