Deus ex machina and the aesthetics of proof

DOI10.1007/S00283-010-9141-ZzbMATH Open1247.00009OpenAlexW2008604615MaRDI QIDQ608926FDOQ608926

Authors: Alan J. Cain 

Publication date: 29 November 2010

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9141-z

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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