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1999 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

The Origin of Mathematics 6: The Birth of Rigor

verfasst von : Benno Artmann

Erschienen in: Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics

Verlag: Springer New York

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Our historical reconstructions about the pentagon maybe hypothetical. Nevertheless, we can use them as an example for some remarks on rigor in mathematics. What is meant by saying that an argument is rigorous and not just intuitively right?

Metadaten
Titel
The Origin of Mathematics 6: The Birth of Rigor
verfasst von
Benno Artmann
Copyright-Jahr
1999
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1412-0_12