[FOM] The Ideal Mathematician

[Joseph Shipman]

I didn't need to read the second half to get the point. It is an accurate summary of a certain type of bad mathematician, but it is libelous to regard this description as in any way representative of the norm.

-- JS

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> On Jan 9, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Charlie <silver_1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>      I would be very interested in FOMers' reactions to a short essay by Phillip J. David and Reuben Hersh entitled "The Ideal Mathematician".   I have been able to find the article in its entirety in a .pdf file accessible on the web, but pdfs are not permissible in this forum.  Below is a URL, which contains about half the essay, which in its entirety is 8 pages long, taken from their book _The Mathematical Experience_.)  To read the rest of the article, look for a pdf of it.
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> http://forum.wbfree.net/forums/showthread.php?t=29870
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>      Thanks.
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> Charlie Silver
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