What is good mathematics?

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01168-8zbMATH Open1132.00303arXivmath/0702396OpenAlexW2003149186MaRDI QIDQ5452356FDOQ5452356

Authors: Terence Tao 

Publication date: 26 March 2008

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Some personal thoughts and opinions on what ``good quality mathematics is, and whether one should try to define this term rigorously. As a case study, the story of Szemer'edi's theorem is presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0702396

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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