Varieties of Mathematical Understanding

Varieties of Mathematical Understanding

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Varieties of Mathematical Understanding

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Conceptual understanding
  3. 3 Challenges: Hales' theorem
  4. 4 Challenges: packing tetrahedra
  5. 5 Challenges: higher-dimensional sphere packing
  6. 6 Challenges: the Keller conjecture
  7. 7 Reactions: packing tetrahedra
  8. 8 Reactions: the Kepler conjecture
  9. 9 Reactions: higher-dimensional sphere packing
  10. 10 History: the inverse square law
  11. 11 Views of understanding change
  12. 12 change happens for good reasons
  13. 13 mathematics incorporates its past
  14. 14 the value of history
  15. 15 the value of philosophical reflection
  16. 16 optimism

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