Comparing infinite sets - A process of abstraction. The case of Ben

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-23

  Tsamir, Pessia ^a   Dreyfus, Tommy ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Cognitive conflict; Contradiction; Infinite sets; Reflection; Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036347124     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-3123(02)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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