The reasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2147-2153

  Abbott, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

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EID: 84884555948     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2274907     Document Type: Review

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