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  • Education - History and Philosophy of Mathematics

    Mathematics and beauty

    November 11, 2010 - By ckr

    Dear Neeraj or Amartya (or whoever you are),   You say   >One of the chief reasons why most > of us are drawn to the notion of rigor today however, is not religious > but simply because of the elegant, sublime, almost surreal nature of > rigorous mathematical proofs. First,…

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  • Education - History and Philosophy of Mathematics

    Calculus without Limits: New Foundations for Mathematics

    November 10, 2010 - By ckr

    Dear Mr Jain,   For a masters level math student you seem quite enterprising.   You ask:   > Going through the material on your website, I was not able to decide > whether you envision a paradigm shift only in terms of the teaching of > calculus or a…

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