Experimental mathematics
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Experimental mathematics
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005613
- info:lc/authorities/sh2006005613
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2006005613#concept
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- found: Work cat.: 2006048633: Experimental mathematics in action, c2007.
- found: Experimental mathematics online journal WWW site, July 28, 2006 (publishes formal results inspired by experimentation, conjectures suggested by experiments, surveys of areas of mathematics from the experimental point of view, descriptions of algorithms and software for mathematical exploration, and general articles of interest to the community; many mathematical experiments these days are carried out on computers, but others are still the result of pencil-and-paper work, and there are other experimental techniques, like building physical models)
- found: Experimental mathematics Website, July 28, 2006.
- found: LC database, July 28, 2006.
- found: Wikipedia, July 28, 2006 (Experimental mathematics ... application of the experimental part of the scientific method to mathematics, where mathematicians develop hypotheses before attempting proofs, and then see if their calculations are consistent or inconsistent with their hypotheses. An inconsistency effectively disproves an hypothesis, by provinding a counterexample; consistency suggests that it is worthwhile to attempt to prove the hypothesis rigorously)
- notfound: Web. 3
Change Notes
- 2006-07-28: new
- 2006-09-11: revised
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