2003/05/01 by Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen
Mathematics · #math.HO #msc:00A05 #msc:00A80 #msc:97B20
published as Proceedings of the ICM, Beijing 2002, vol. 3, 885--896
arxiv created 2003/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
It is rare to succeed in getting mathematics into ordinary conversation without meeting all kinds of reservations. In order to raise public awareness of mathematics effectively, it is necessary to modify such attitudes. In this paper, we point to some possible topics for general mathematical conversation.