The quest of beauty in research and teaching of mathematics and physics: A historical approach

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2097-2105

  Tzanakis, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 0042764573     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(96)00249-0     Document Type: Article

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