Infinity - The never-ending struggle

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 129-136

  Tall, David ^a   Tirosh, Dina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 52549099676     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1016019128773     Document Type: Article

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