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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_beauty Mathematical beauty] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_beauty Mathematical beauty] @ Wikipedia
* [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decoding-mathematical-secrets-plants-stunning-leaf-patterns-180972367 Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf Patterns] - "A Japanese shrub’s unique foliage arrangement leads botanists to rethink plant growth models" ([[Maddie Burakoff (nonfiction)|Maddie Burakoff]] @ Smithsonian Magazine: June 6, 2019)


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Revision as of 14:02, 15 March 2020

Mathematical beauty describes the notion that some mathematicians may derive aesthetic pleasure from their work, and from mathematics in general.

They express this pleasure by describing mathematics (or, at least, some aspect of mathematics) as beautiful.

"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a beauty cold and austere, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music."

Bertrand Russell

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