English

Boring mathematics, artistes pompiers and impressionists

History and Overview 2010-11-19 v2

Abstract

The 19th century impressionist movement, as a reaction to "art pompier", is proposed as a comparison with modern evolutions in mathematics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1011.3465,
  title  = {Boring mathematics, artistes pompiers and impressionists},
  author = {Marius Buliga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3465},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

with respect to the previous version, only fixed the hyperref

R2 v1 2026-06-21T16:44:04.436Z