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What is a profound result in mathematics?
pp. 89-100
Abstract
1. Proust, with regard to the latest works of the musician Vinteuil, speaks about a "transposition in the sonorous order of depth" (La Prisonnière, Pléiade II, p. 257). There is certainly a transposition of depth in the mathematical order, since mathematicians are apparently in agreement to qualify a result or a problem as "profound". It is the sense of this expression which we would like to elucidate.
Publication details
Published in:
Agazzi Evandro, Darvas György (1997) Philosophy of mathematics today. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 89-100
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5690-5_5
Full citation:
Granger Gilles-Gaston (1997) „What is a profound result in mathematics?“, In: E. Agazzi & G. Darvas (eds.), Philosophy of mathematics today, Dordrecht, Springer, 89–100.