Timeline for Mathematical habits of thought and action which would be of use to non-mathematicians
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| May 19, 2019 at 14:01 | comment | added | user138661 | there are actually some fields of mathematics in which different teams are skeptical about each other's methods, I think. Math is done by reference to authority there. | |
| Sep 8, 2011 at 6:23 | comment | added | Gil Kalai | Having rather precise standards for "proofs" self-criticality is much less characteristic to mathematics compared to other areas. | |
| Sep 8, 2011 at 1:32 | comment | added | Not Mike | very well said. | |
| Sep 8, 2011 at 1:12 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | I am not convinced that this (good) habit is peculiar to mathematicians. | |
| Sep 7, 2011 at 4:18 | history | edited | Michael Thaddeus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 7, 2011 at 4:06 | history | answered | Michael Thaddeus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |