Eulerian Routing in Practice.
The Königsberg bridge problem has played a central role in recent philosophical discussions of mathematical explanation. In this paper I look at it from a novel perspective, which is independent of explanatory concerns. Instead of restricting attention to the solved Königsberg bridge problem, I cons...
| Publicado en: | Erkenntnis Vol. 89; no. 2; pp. 817 - 840 |
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Feb2024
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