Abstract

Roger Bacon (1214–1294) wrote in his Opus Majus, “If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in mathematics” (Bacon 1962, 116). We trust mathematics with our lives. Where would we be if the power grid blacked out, if all our computers crashed, or even if something simple like the sequencing of traffic lights failed? We trust mathematics. But what is it about mathematics that earns our trust?

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