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Responses to ``Theoretical Mathematics: Toward a cultural synthesis of mathematics and theoretical physics'', by A. Jaffe and F. Quinn

Michael Atiyah·Armand Borel·G. J. Chaitin·Daniel Friedan·James Glimm·Jeremy J. Gray·Morris W. Hirsch·Saunder MacLane·Benoit B. Mandelbrot·David Ruelle·Albert Schwarz·Karen Uhlenbeck·René Thom·Edward Witten·Christopher Zeeman
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This article is a collection of letters solicited by the editors of the Bulletin in response to a previous article by Jaffe and Quinn [math.HO/9307227]. The authors discuss the role of rigor in mathematics and the relation between mathematics and theoretical physics.

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Michael Atiyah, Armand Borel, G. J. Chaitin, Daniel Friedan, James Glimm, Jeremy J. Gray, Morris W. Hirsch, Saunder MacLane, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, David Ruelle, Albert Schwarz, Karen Uhlenbeck, René Thom, Edward Witten, Christopher Zeeman. 1994-04-01. Responses to ``Theoretical Mathematics: Toward a cultural synthesis of mathematics and theoretical physics'', by A. Jaffe and F. Quinn. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9404229

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