Some Comments on Multiple Discovery in Mathematics
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DOI10.5642/JHUMMATH.201701.14zbMATH Open1522.00187arXiv1412.3718OpenAlexW2165628628MaRDI QIDQ6081182FDOQ6081182
Authors: R. W. Whitty 
Publication date: 25 October 2023
Published in: Journal of Humanistic Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Among perhaps many things common to Kuratowski's Theorem in graph theory, Reidemeister's Theorem in topology, and Cook's Theorem in theoretical computer science is this: all belong to the phenomenon of simultaneous discovery in mathematics. We are interested to know whether this phenomenon, and its close cousin repeated discovery, give rise to meaningful questions regarding causes, trends, categories, etc. With this in view we unearth many more examples, find some tenuous connections and draw some tentative conclusions.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.3718
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