Beautiful numbers.

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  • Author(s): Swallow, John R.
  • Source:
    American Scholar. Autumn95, Vol. 64 Issue 4, p572. 7p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Educational psychology; Mathematics education; Aesthetics
    • Abstract:
      Traces the author's journey toward a sense of beauty in mathematical study. Assimilation into a culture of mathematics; Relationship with fellow students; Similarity of mathematics with the humanities and the arts; Implicit comparison between personal experience with those of classmates; Discovery of the nature of mathematics; Development of the sense of aesthetic with mathematic study.