Intuiting the fundamental theorem of arithmetic

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-96

  Griffiths, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algebraic structure; Fundamental theorem of arithmetic; Intuition; Multiplicative structure; Schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871090596     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-012-9410-1     Document Type: Article

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