Conceptual divergence -- canons and taboos -- and critique: reflections on explanatory categories

DOI10.1016/S0315-0860(03)00024-7zbMath1063.01024OpenAlexW2121612038MaRDI QIDQ1877686

Jens Høyrup

Publication date: 19 August 2004

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0315-0860(03)00024-7

zbMATH Keywords

imperfect notations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Historiography (01A85) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16)

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