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10 - Mathematics Concepts in the News

from Part V

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

By
Richard Barwell  and
Yasmine Abtahi
Edited by
Elizabeth de Freitas ,
Nathalie Sinclair  and
Alf Coles
Elizabeth de Freitas
Affiliation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Nathalie Sinclair
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Alf Coles
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
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What is a Mathematical Concept? , pp. 175 - 188
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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