The meaning of doing mathematics
2025/09/19 by Petra Schwer, Schwer, Petra · 5 voices
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.15998
Abstract
Can AI solve all math? What do we actually mean by doing mathematics? How do we communicate mathematics? What is mathematics beyond problem solving? This essay is my attempt to answer these questions.
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