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Mathematics has a front and a back |
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| Authors: | Reuben Hersh |
| Institution: | (1) Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, 87131 Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| Abstract: | It is explained that, in the sense of the sociologist Erving Goffman, mathematics has a front and a back. Four pervasive myths about mathematics are stated. Acceptance of these myths is related to whether one is located in the front or the back. |
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