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Fitting Feeling and Elegant Proofs: on the psychology of aesthetic evaluation in mathematics

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Fitting Feeling and Elegant Proofs: on the psychology of aesthetic evaluation in mathematics. / Todd, Cain Samuel.
In: Philosophia Mathematica, Vol. 26, No. 2, 01.06.2018, p. 211-233.

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Todd, CS 2018, 'Fitting Feeling and Elegant Proofs: on the psychology of aesthetic evaluation in mathematics', Philosophia Mathematica, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 211-233. https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkx007

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Todd, C. S. (2018). Fitting Feeling and Elegant Proofs: on the psychology of aesthetic evaluation in mathematics. Philosophia Mathematica, 26(2), 211-233. https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkx007

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Todd CS. Fitting Feeling and Elegant Proofs: on the psychology of aesthetic evaluation in mathematics. Philosophia Mathematica. 2018 Jun 1;26(2):211-233. Epub 2017 Apr 10. doi: 10.1093/philmat/nkx007

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Todd, Cain Samuel. / Fitting Feeling and Elegant Proofs : on the psychology of aesthetic evaluation in mathematics. In: Philosophia Mathematica. 2018 ; Vol. 26, No. 2. pp. 211-233.

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