Diagrammatic modeling in mathematics
Diagrammatic modeling in mathematics
Author(s): Marcel Danesi, Mariana BockarovaSubject(s): Psychology, Semiotics / Semiology, Semiology
Published by: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus
Keywords: Diagrammatic modeling; mathematics; Pythagorean relation;
Summary/Abstract: Let us return again to the Pythagorean theorem and its many proofs. The typical method for demonstrating the truth of the theorem is, as discussed previously, diagrammatic, revealing that mathematics has always been a modeling system, using primarily diagrammatic models to conduct its exploratory and theoretical affairs (Barker-Plummer, Bailin 1997, 2001; Kulpa 2004; Stjernfelt 2007).
Journal: Tartu Semiotics Library
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 71-94
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
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