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(2007) Mathematics and the aesthetic, Dordrecht, Springer.
"That's beautiful!" is the unsolicited exclamation. The response is not to a painting, a breathtaking view or a flawless musical performance, but rather to a mathematical statement or a mathematical proof. What brings such aesthetic pleasure to a mathematician or to those who wish to appreciate mathematics and engage in it?
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-38145-9_3
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Schattschneider, D. (2007)., Beauty and truth in mathematics, in N. Sinclair, D. Pimm & W. Higginson (eds.), Mathematics and the aesthetic, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 41-57.
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