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(2007) Mathematics and the aesthetic, Dordrecht, Springer.

A historical gaze at the mathematical aesthetic

Nathalie Sinclair , David Pimm

pp. 1-17

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it gives the impression of also being beautiful. (George Boole, in MacHale, 1993, p. 107)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-38145-9_1

Full citation:

Sinclair, N. , Pimm, D. (2007)., A historical gaze at the mathematical aesthetic, in N. Sinclair, D. Pimm & W. Higginson (eds.), Mathematics and the aesthetic, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1-17.

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