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What is Mathematics and What Should it Be

History and Overview 2017-04-20 v1

Abstract

This article, dedicated, with admiration to Reuben Hersh, for his forthcoming 90th birthday, argues that mathematics today is not yet a science, but that it is high time that it should become one.

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@article{arxiv.1704.05560,
  title  = {What is Mathematics and What Should it Be},
  author = {Doron Zeilberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.05560},
  year   = {2017}
}

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10 pages

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