An inquiry into the practice of proving in low-dimensional topology

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-10434-8_15zbMATH Open1429.00008OpenAlexW1011640384MaRDI QIDQ5213637FDOQ5213637

Silvia De Toffoli, Valeria Giardino

Publication date: 4 February 2020

Published in: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://philarchive.org/rec/DETAII

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General low-dimensional topology (57Mxx)

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