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PROOF AND THE EVOLUTION OF MATHEMATICS

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Jaffe, A. PROOF AND THE EVOLUTION OF MATHEMATICS. Synthese 111, 133–146 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004903010713

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