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Author_James Robert Brown
Bolzano Weierstrass Theorem
Brouwer's Intuitionism
Category=PBB
Computer Proofs
conjecture
constructivism
Continued Fractions
Conway Notation
DNA Computing
epistemology of mathematics
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
formal systems
goldbach's
Goldbach's Conjecture
Hilbert's Mode
logic foundations
Math Wars
mathematical
mathematical logic
Mathematical Realm
Mersenne Number
Mersenne Primes
natural
number
Odd Perfect Number
paradox
Peano Axioms
Perfect Numbers
Pre-analytic Concept
proof techniques
pythagorean
Rational Conjecture
realm
Reidemeister Moves
Riemann Hypothesis
russell's
Set Theoretic Definition
Symbolic Proof
theorem
Unlabelled Graph
Van Fraassen
Vice Versa
visual reasoning in mathematics
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415122740
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jul 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Philosophy of Mathematics is an excellent introductory text. This student friendly book discusses the great philosophers and the importance of mathematics to their thought. It includes the following topics:
* the mathematical image
* platonism
* picture-proofs
* applied mathematics
* Hilbert and Godel
* knots and nations
* definitions
* picture-proofs and Wittgenstein
* computation, proof and conjecture.
The book is ideal for courses on philosophy of mathematics and logic.
