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Publication details

Verlag: Springer

Ort: Berlin

Jahr: 2007

Pages: 87-104

Reihe: CMS Books in Mathematics

ISBN (Hardback): 9780387305264

Volle Referenz:

Nathalie Sinclair, "The aesthetic sensibilities of mathematicians", in: Mathematics and the aesthetic, Berlin, Springer, 2007

Abstrakt

I begin with a story told by the French mathematician François Le Lionnais (1983) about his first experience, at age seven, of a mathematical discovery. It illustrates, perhaps more immediately than a trip to the Great Museum of "elegant" mathematical proofs, how aesthetic responses, values and experiences can snugly insinuate themselves alongside logical steps and decisions throughout mathematical activity.

Publication details

Verlag: Springer

Ort: Berlin

Jahr: 2007

Pages: 87-104

Reihe: CMS Books in Mathematics

ISBN (Hardback): 9780387305264

Volle Referenz:

Nathalie Sinclair, "The aesthetic sensibilities of mathematicians", in: Mathematics and the aesthetic, Berlin, Springer, 2007