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What is good mathematics?
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Abstract:
Some personal thoughts and opinions on what “good quality mathematics” is and whether one should try to define this term rigorously. As a case study, the story of Szemerédi’s theorem is presented.References
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Additional Information
- Terence Tao
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1555
- MR Author ID: 361755
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0140-7641
- Email: tao@math.ucla.edu
- Received by editor(s): February 7, 2007
- Published electronically: May 2, 2007
- © Copyright 2007
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The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 623-634
- MSC (2000): Primary 00A30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01168-8
- MathSciNet review: 2338369