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For questions about the interplay between mathematics and the social context in which it is done.
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Unmathematical habits of thought and action which would be of use to mathematicians
One habit that I have found useful, and for me came from making (maths based) art rather than mathematical training is to think in terms of aesthetics rather than mathematical correctness when explori …
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When have we lost a body of mathematics because errors were found?
The history of mathematics over the last 200 years has many occasions when the fundamental assumptions of an area have been shown to be flawed, or even wrong. Yet I cannot think of any examples where, …