Freedom in Mathematics

This book challenges the views put forward by Pierre Cartier, one of the anchors of the famous Bourbaki group, and Cédric Villani, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who received the Fields Medal in 2010. Jean Dhombres, mathematician and science historian, and Gerhard Heinzm...

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Main Authors: Cartier, Pierre. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Dhombres, Jean. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Heinzmann, Gerhard. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Villani, Cédric. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2788-5
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