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The naive concept of definition in mathematics

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  1. University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA

    Shlomo Vinner

  2. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

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Vinner, S. The naive concept of definition in mathematics. Educational Studies in Mathematics 7, 413–429 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452223

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