On the Specialness of Special Functions (The Nonrandom Effusions of the Divine Mathematician)

DOI10.1093/BJPS/AXM007zbMATH Open1197.00013OpenAlexW2095657944MaRDI QIDQ5426537FDOQ5426537

Robert W. Batterman

Publication date: 12 November 2007

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/2629/1/special-functions.pdf

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of special functions (33-03)

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