On proof and progress in mathematics

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DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00502-6zbMath0817.01031OpenAlexW2020606208WikidataQ56069978 ScholiaQ56069978MaRDI QIDQ4299212

William P. Thurston

Publication date: 1 August 1995

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0273-0979-1994-00502-6




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