Deus ex machina and the aesthetics of proof

DOI10.1007/S00283-010-9141-ZMaRDI QIDQ608926zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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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