Diagrams as Means and Objects of Mathematical Reasoning
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According to Peirce a great part of mathematical thinking consists in observing or imagining the outcomes and regularities of manipulations of all sorts of diagrams. This tenet is explained and substantiated by expounding the notion of diagram and by analyzing several specific cases from different parts of mathematics.
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