Mathematical products

Philip J. Davis ()
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Philip J. Davis: Brown University, Department of Applied Mathematics

A chapter in Mathematics, Substance and Surmise, 2015, pp 69-74 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A prominent mathematician recently sent me an article he had written and asked me for my reaction. After studying it, I said that he was proposing a mathematical “product” and that as such it stood in the scientific marketplace in competition with nearby products. He bridled and was incensed by my use of the word “product” to describe his work. Our correspondence terminated. What follows is an elaboration of what I mean by mathematical products and how I situate them within the mathematical enterprise.

Keywords: Economic Freedom; Mathematical Product; Julian Calendar; Business Freedom; Prominent Mathematician (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21473-3_4

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