How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / William Byers.
Byers, William, 1943-
2007
BF456.N7 B94 2007 (Mapit)
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How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / William Byers.
Author
Byers, William, 1943-
ISBN
9780691127385 (alk. paper)
0691127387 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
vii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
BF456.N7 B94 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
510.92
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-405) and index.
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Turing on the light
The light of ambiguity. Ambiguity in mathematics
The contradictory in mathematics
Paradoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers
More paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond
The light as idea. The idea as an organizing principle
Ideas, logic, and paradox
Great ideas
The light and the eye of the beholder. The truth of mathematics
Conclusion : is mathematics algorithmic or creative?

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