Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching
Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching
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数学研究与教学中的证明技术
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10.1007/978-3-030-28483-1_9
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2019
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Lane L
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Lane L
We look at how Anglophone mathematicians have, over the last hundred years or so, presented their activities using metaphors of landscape and journey. We contrast romanticised self-presentations of the isolated genius with ethnographic studies of mathematicians at work, both alone, and in collaboration, looking particularly at on-line collaborations in the “polymath” format. The latter provide more realistic evidence of mathematicians daily practice, consistent with the “growth mindset” notion of mathematical educators, that mathematical abilities are skills to be developed, rather than fixed traits. We place our observations in a broader literature on landscape, social space, craft and wayfaring, which combine in the notion of the production of mathematics as crafting the exploration of an unknown landscape. We indicate how “polymath” has a two-fold educational role, enabling participants to develop their skills, and providing a public demonstration of the craft of mathematics in action.