Symposium on History and Philosophy of Mathematical Sciences
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Mathematical history, philosophy and education
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عنوان ژورنال: Historia Mathematica
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0315-0860
DOI: 10.1016/0315-0860(79)90131-9