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Joe Niederberger

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Re: Just what is equality in mathematics, anyway?
Posted: Apr 20, 2012 9:34 AM
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>Proving the unprovable not is likely to be really successful. Carjacker got it right [Kronecker - my life with Dragon NaturallySpeaking that I deeply appreciate]:
http://www.chronon.org/articles/the_integers.html

I read a ncie article on Kronecker earlier this year. The paper itself is available free online:

http://math.nyu.edu/faculty/edwardsd/athens.pdf

I read it first in a very nice book some people reading here might like to know about:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Writing-Mathematics-2011/dp/0691153159

This is the second installment on what is shaping up to be an excellent series from the Princeton Press. My wife has decided they make nice Christmas presents. Here is
a review of the 2010 edition:

http://www.ams.org/notices/201110/rtx111001451p.pdf

Joe N


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