The miracle of applied mathematics
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Publication:5948989
DOI10.1023/A:1010309227321zbMath0977.00006DBLPjournals/synthese/Colyvan01OpenAlexW76482866WikidataQ56865281 ScholiaQ56865281MaRDI QIDQ5948989
Publication date: 12 November 2001
Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010309227321
Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Physics (00A79)
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