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Proof and beauty
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:25:59
Publish Date: 2018-09-09 02:30:00
Description: Mathematicians routinely refer to complex proofs in aesthetic terms, citing their 'elegance' or 'beauty'. This has partly to do with the social aspect of such proofs—far from being a hermetic or exclusively cerebral practice, mathematics has never strayed too far from its roots in dialogue and debate.
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