The Nature of Mathematical Proof

Alan Bundy; Michael Atiyah; Angus Macintyre; Donald Mackenzie

The Nature of Mathematical Proof

Alan Bundy (Editor), Michael Atiyah (Editor), Angus Macintyre (Editor), Donald Mackenzie (Editor)

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Mathematical proof is one of the highest intellectual achievements of humankind. It contains the deepest, most complex and most rigorous arguments of which we are capable.

Original language	English
Journal	Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume	363
Issue number	1835
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

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