Skip to Content

Sponsors

No results

Keywords

No results

Types

No results

Search Results

Events

No results
Search events using: keywords, sponsors, locations or event type
When / Where
All occurrences of this event have passed.
This listing is displayed for historical purposes.

Presented By: Math Undergraduate Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Math Undergraduate Seminar: Computational versus Conceptual argumentation

Dhruv Kulshreshtha

The debate on the validity of conceptual argumentation in mathematics can be traced at least as far back as 1850s Germany -- between computational Berlin-mathematicians like Kummer, Kronecker and Weierstrass, and conceptual Göttingen-mathematicians like Dirichlet, Gauss, and Riemann. This debate intensified with Hilbert's nonconstructive proof of the Basis Theorem leading to Gordan's famous quote: "This is not Mathematics. This is Theology." This week's seminar addresses this debate from a History of Mathematics perspective, with the goal of motivating the research program of reverse mathematics.

Explore Similar Events

  •  Loading Similar Events...

Back to Main Content