What is good mathematics?
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.
- Publication:
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arXiv Mathematics e-prints
- Pub Date:
- February 2007
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.math/0702396
- arXiv:
- arXiv:math/0702396
- Bibcode:
- 2007math......2396T
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - History and Overview;
- 00A30
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, no figures. To appear, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc