Domestication of Mathematical Pathologies
Certain mathematical objects bear the name “pathological” (or “paradoxical”). They either occur as unexpected and (temporarily) unwilling in mathematical research practice, or are constructed deliberately, for instance in order to delimit the scope of application of a theorem. I discuss examples of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2021-12-01
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Series: | Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0043 |