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On proof and progress in mathematics
"On Proof and Progress in Mathematics" is an article by William Thurston published in 1994 in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. It examines how progress in mathematics should be measured, arguing that mathematical understanding, rather than formal proof itself, is the central criterion of advancement.
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In 1994, William Thurston published "On proof and progress in mathematics" in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, responding to the debate at the time about "what constitutes a rigorous proof."
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