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(1997) Philosophy of mathematics today, Dordrecht, Springer.
1. Proust, with regard to the latest works of the musician Vinteuil, speaks about a "transposition in the sonorous order of depth" (La Prisonnière, Pléiade II, p. 257). There is certainly a transposition of depth in the mathematical order, since mathematicians are apparently in agreement to qualify a result or a problem as "profound". It is the sense of this expression which we would like to elucidate.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5690-5_5
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Granger, G.-G. (1997)., What is a profound result in mathematics?, in E. Agazzi & G. Darvas (eds.), Philosophy of mathematics today, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 89-100.
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