Visual thinking and simplicity of proof

DOI10.1098/rsta.2018.0032zbMath1433.00032arXiv1803.00038OpenAlexW2964303178WikidataQ92982862 ScholiaQ92982862MaRDI QIDQ5204799

Alan J. Cain

Publication date: 5 December 2019

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00038

zbMATH Keywords

diagramsvisual thinkingspatial thinkingsimplicity of proof

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Reasoning and proving in the mathematics classroom (97E50)

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