Mathematical Impossibility in History and in the Classroom
Theorems stating that something is impossible are notoriously difficult to understand for many students and amateur mathematicians. In this talk I shall discuss how the role of such impossibility statements has changed during the history of mathematics. I shall argue that impossibility statements ha...
Main Author: | Lützen, Jesper |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | spa |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2014
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Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/cifem/article/view/14723 |
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