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[[File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|250px|thumb|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'', the unofficial [[Symbol (nonfiction)|symbol]] of outsider mathematicians.]]The term '''outsider mathematics''' was coined by artist-researcher [[Don Tasmian]] in 1972 as an English synonym for ''math brut'' (French: [aʁ bʁyt], "raw math" or "rough math"), a label created by French [[mathematician]] Jean Dubuffet to describe [[mathematics]] created outside the boundaries of official culture.
[[File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|thumb|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'', the unofficial [[Symbol (nonfiction)|symbol]] of outsider mathematicians.]]The term '''outsider mathematics''' was coined by artist-researcher [[Don Tasmian]] in 1972 as an English synonym for ''math brut'' (French: [aʁ bʁyt], "raw math" or "rough math"), a label created by French [[mathematician]] Jean Dubuffet to describe [[mathematics]] created outside the boundaries of official culture.


Dubuffet focused particularly on [[mathematics]] by those on the outside of the established math scene, such as psychiatric hospital patients, [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillains]], and [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]].
Dubuffet focused particularly on [[mathematics]] by those on the outside of the established math scene, such as psychiatric hospital patients, [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillains]], and [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]].
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File:Adolf Woelfli.jpg|link=Outsider art (nonfiction)|[[Outsider art (nonfiction)|Outsider artist]] has no sympathy for outsider mathematicians.
File:Adolf Woelfli.jpg|link=Outsider art (nonfiction)|[[Outsider art (nonfiction)|Outsider artist]] has no sympathy for outsider mathematicians.
File:Robert Pincus-Witten.jpg|link=Robert Pincus-Witten (nonfiction)|[[Robert Pincus-Witten (nonfiction)|Robert Pincus-Witten]] uses Outsider mathematics as model for art history.
File:Cinnamon pirate flag 800x600.jpg|link=Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Pirate King [[Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Cinnamon Jack]] is a well-known outsider mathematician.
File:Brainiac head.png|link=Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|[[Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|"Skull diode art machine"]] ridiculed by mainstream art world.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mathematics]]



Latest revision as of 04:58, 12 December 2020

Fruiting body of Bourbaki virages dangereux, the unofficial symbol of outsider mathematicians.

The term outsider mathematics was coined by artist-researcher Don Tasmian in 1972 as an English synonym for math brut (French: [aʁ bʁyt], "raw math" or "rough math"), a label created by French mathematician Jean Dubuffet to describe mathematics created outside the boundaries of official culture.

Dubuffet focused particularly on mathematics by those on the outside of the established math scene, such as psychiatric hospital patients, supervillains, and cellular automata.

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