The Disciplinarity of Mathematical Practice

Title
The Disciplinarity of Mathematical Practice
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Livingston, Eric
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.201501.12
UNE publication id
une:16879
Abstract
Despite an extensive literature on the nature and origins of mathematical truth, few if any studies exist of the everyday practices through which the adequacy of mathematical argumentation is cultivated and assessed. The work of a novice prover afforded insight into these practices and, in particular, into the disciplined character of discovering and proving mathematical theorems.
Link
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Citation
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 5(1), p. 198-222
ISSN
2159-8118
Start page
198
End page
222

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