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SUMMARY:Aesthetics in Mathematics, Norwich, U.K.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141207
LOCATION:Norwich, U.K.
DESCRIPTION:It is a common thought that mathematic
 s can be not only true but also beautiful, and som
 e of the greatest mathematicians have attached cen
 tral importance to the aesthetic merit of their wo
 rk. Many have derived aesthetic pleasure from math
 ematical research, pointing out the incomparable b
 eauty and elegance of particular theorems, proofs 
 and theories. As the French mathematician and theo
 retical physicist Henri Poincaré put it, mathemati
 cal beauty is a "real aesthetic feeling that all t
 rue mathematicians recognise". Others have gone fu
 rther, recognising mathematical beauty not only as
  a well-known phenomenon, but as one of the key mo
 tivations behind the formulation of mathematical p
 roofs and as a criterion for choosing one mathemat
 ical theorem over another. Thus, Hermann Weyl famo
 usly declared: "My work always tried to unite the 
 true with the beautiful, but when I had to choose 
 one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful". 
    This conference seeks to address questions that
  arise out of this tendency, prevalent among mathe
 maticians, to call theories, proofs and definition
 s ~beautiful~ or ~ugly~ and to judge them on the b
 asis of aesthetic standards.    For more informati
 on, see http://aesthetics-in-mathematics.weebly.co
 m/ or contact the organizers at: bsam14 at easycha
 ir.org.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n      <p>\n        
 It is a common thought that mathematics can be not
  only true\n        but also beautiful, and some o
 f the greatest mathematicians\n        have attach
 ed central importance to the aesthetic merit of\n 
        their work. Many have derived aesthetic ple
 asure from\n        mathematical research, pointin
 g out the incomparable beauty\n        and eleganc
 e of particular theorems, proofs and theories. As\
 n        the French mathematician and theoretical 
 physicist Henri\n        Poincaré put it, mathemat
 ical beauty is a &quot;real aesthetic\n        fee
 ling that all true mathematicians recognise&quot;.
  Others\n        have gone further, recognising ma
 thematical beauty not only as\n        a well-know
 n phenomenon, but as one of the key motivations\n 
        behind the formulation of mathematical proo
 fs and as a\n        criterion for choosing one ma
 thematical theorem over\n        another. Thus, He
 rmann Weyl famously declared: &quot;My work\n     
    always tried to unite the true with the beautif
 ul, but when I\n        had to choose one or the o
 ther, I usually chose the\n        beautiful&quot;
 .\n      </p>\n      <p>\n        This conference 
 seeks to address questions that arise out of\n    
     this tendency, prevalent among mathematicians,
  to call\n        theories, proofs and definitions
  ~beautiful~ or ~ugly~ and to\n        judge them 
 on the basis of aesthetic standards.\n      </p>\n
     \n      <p>\n        For more information, see
 \n        <a target="_blank" href="http://aestheti
 cs-in-mathematics.weebly.com/">http://aesthetics-i
 n-mathematics.weebly.com/</a>\n        or contact 
 the organizers at: <a class="email">bsam14 <span c
 lass="at">at</span> easychair.org</a>.\n      </p>
 \n    
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