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A Definition of Mathematical Beauty and Its History

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2012-07

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Blåsjö, ViktorISNI 0000000051514467

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https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.201202.08

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I define mathematical beauty as cognisability and trace the import of this notion through several episodes from the history of mathematics.

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Blasjo, V 2012, 'A Definition of Mathematical Beauty and Its History', Journal of humanistic mathematics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 93-108. https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.201202.08

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