Fitting Feelings and Elegant Proofs: On the Psychology of Aesthetic Evaluation in Mathematics†

Philosophia Mathematica 26 (2):211-233 (2018)
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Aesthetic Preferences in Mathematics: A Case Study†.Irina Starikova - 2018 - Philosophia Mathematica 26 (2):161-183.

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