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Introduction to the special issue on didactical and epistemological perspectives on mathematical proof

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  1. The nature of the relationship between argumentation and proof and the didactic problématique deriving from it is theme of debate, as clearly discussed by Balacheff in: http://www.lettredelapreuve.it/Newsletter/990506Theme/990506ThemeUK.html

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    Maria Alessandra Mariotti & Nicolas Balacheff

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Mariotti, M.A., Balacheff, N. Introduction to the special issue on didactical and epistemological perspectives on mathematical proof. ZDM Mathematics Education 40, 341–344 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-008-0107-y

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