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EPISODE · Mar 24, 2021 · 17 MIN

Is Math Discovered or Invented?

from The Art of Mathematics · host Carol Jacoby

Saleem Watson, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, CSULB, confronts an ancient mathematical argument. Is math a body of eternal truths waiting for an explorer to uncover them, or an invention or work of art created by the human mind? Or some of each?

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