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DESPITE PYHSICISTS, PROOF IS ESSENTIAL IN MATHEMATICS

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MAC LANE, S. DESPITE PYHSICISTS, PROOF IS ESSENTIAL IN MATHEMATICS. Synthese 111, 147–154 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004918402670

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