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How mathematicians think: using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathemathics

To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically--even algorithmically--from one black-and-white deduction to another. Yet mathematicians often describe their most important breakthroughs as creative, intuitive...

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Autor principal: Byers, William
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Princeton Univ. Press 2007
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1271087