An essay on the psychology of invention in the mathematical field

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Author(s): Jacques Hadamard
Publisher: Dover
Year: 1954

Language: English
Commentary: complete (pp.84,85 added)
Pages: 155

Title page......Page 1
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
I. GENERAL VIEWS AND INQUIRIES......Page 11
II. DISCUSSIONS ON UNCONSCIOUSNESS......Page 31
III. THE UNCONSCIOUS AND DISCOVERY......Page 39
IV. THE PREPARATION STAGE. LOGIC AND CHANCE......Page 53
V. THE LATER CONSCIOUS WORK......Page 66
VI. DISCOVERY AS A SYNTHESIS. THE HELP OF SIGNS......Page 74
VII. DIFFERENT KINDS OF MATHEMATICAL MINDS......Page 110
VIII. PARADOXICAL CASES OF INTUITION......Page 126
IX. THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF RESEARCH......Page 134
FINAL REMARKS......Page 143
APPENDIX I......Page 147
APPENDIX II......Page 152
APPENDIX III......Page 154