When Is a Proof a Proof? [chapter]

Erich Christian Wittmann
2020 Connecting Mathematics and Mathematics Education  
AbstractIn his famous talk at ICME 2 (Exeter 1972) the French mathematician R. Thom pointed out that any conception of mathematics teaching necessarily rests on a certain view of mathematics (Thom 1973, 204). As a consequence mathematics education cannot develop without close links to mathematics.
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