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Some factors which are of great importance in most human affairs seem to play relatively little role in mathematics. We give some examples and suggest reasons why this might be expected to be the case.

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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences University, Bath, Ba1 2ss, England

    G. K. Sankaran

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Sankaran, G.K. Inessential Tensions. Foundations of Science 2, 57–60 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009671009462

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