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D for Dimension

A guide to imagination

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This article presents a bird’s-eye view of the different aspects of the notion of dimension in mathematics.

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    Simonetta Di Sieno

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Di Sieno, S. D for Dimension. Lett Mat Int 5, 93–97 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40329-017-0168-2

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