mathematical knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmathematicalandknowledge
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mathematical
adjective
uk/ˌmæθ.əmˈæt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌmæθˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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knowledge
noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofmathematicalandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It may be resolved, however, by accepting thatmathematicalknowledgecomprises both images of knowledge and the body of knowledge.
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Even though the planning problem is complex, readers will not require muchmathematicalknowledge.
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Mathematicalknowledgeincludes all the layers, and their separation is done for analytical purposes only.
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They attempt to establish the disciplinary boundaries of legitimatemathematicalknowledge.
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Under the classical, nineteenth-century image of mathematics these systems lie at the heart of allmathematicalknowledgeand algebra is built on top of them.
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They rejected, then, as an account ofmathematicalknowledge, the traditional intuitionist epistemology except as it applied to the truths of logic.
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In 1532, an imperial edict was issued seeking recruitment of anyone who had astronomical andmathematicalknowledge.
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Rather than being universally valid laws, they seem to describe certain specific historical instances of the interaction between the two layers ofmathematicalknowledge.
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These are clearly debates about the images ofmathematicalknowledge.
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Within its nine chapters the classic under consideration presentsmathematicalknowledgein the form of problems for the solution of which general algorithms are given.
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Mathematicalknowledge(in our case mathematical proofs) is to be found in texts.
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The need to stabilizemathematicalknowledgewas deeply felt by the early 1890s.
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Moreover, such an approach merely reinforces the conventional, but misleading view thatmathematicalknowledgeis immutable, transcendent and consequently forever secure.
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Land ruined by these invasions needed to be surveyed, so survey techniques and relatedmathematicalknowledgebecame necessary.
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The identification of two layers withinmathematicalknowledgemay also lead to a clear differentiation of mathematics from other scientific disciplines.
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The latter, however, is a physical claim that belongs to the images ofmathematicalknowledge, but not to the body ofmathematicalknowledge.
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He cannot account for the cumulative character of the body ofmathematicalknowledgeor for its objectivity.
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Quasi-empirical views demand that we analyze "what mathematicians really do" in their work, and not an idealized picture ofmathematicalknowledge.
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This, in turn, comes down to the relationship between mathematical truth andmathematicalknowledge.
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This kind of approach inevitably suggests a cumulative picture ofmathematicalknowledgethat tells us little about how such knowledge was gained, refined, codified, or transmitted.
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