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The Methodology of Mathematics*

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2016

Ronald Brown
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1UT
Timothy Porter
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1UT
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1995

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This is a slightly revised version of an article which appeared in theBulletin of the Int. Commission Math. Instruction, 37 (1994) pp. 23–37.

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