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The Mathematician's Mind: The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field

Jacques Hadamard

Table of Contents

 

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Foreword
Introduction
I General Views and Inquiries 1
II Discussions on Unconsciousness 21
III The Unconscious and Discovery 29
IV The Preparation Stage. Logic and Chance 43
V The Later Conscious Work 56
VI Discovery as a Synthesis. The Help of Signs 64
VII Different Kinds of Mathematical Minds 100
VIII Paradoxical Cases of Intuition 116
IX The General Direction of Research 124
Final Remarks 133
App. I 137
App. II 142

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