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(2007) Mathematics and the aesthetic, Dordrecht, Springer.
I begin with a story told by the French mathematician François Le Lionnais (1983) about his first experience, at age seven, of a mathematical discovery. It illustrates, perhaps more immediately than a trip to the Great Museum of "elegant" mathematical proofs, how aesthetic responses, values and experiences can snugly insinuate themselves alongside logical steps and decisions throughout mathematical activity.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-38145-9_5
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Sinclair, N. (2007)., The aesthetic sensibilities of mathematicians, in N. Sinclair, D. Pimm & W. Higginson (eds.), Mathematics and the aesthetic, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 87-104.
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