The work of both authors was carried out under the auspices of the NSF Grant SES-9975628 (Science and Technology Studies Program; Scholar Award), for which the second author was principal investigator. The authors would like to express their gratitude to the NSF.
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Hafner, J., Mancosu, P. (2005). The Varieties of Mathematical Explanation. In: Mancosu, P., Jørgensen, K.F., Pedersen, S.A. (eds) Visualization, Explanation and Reasoning Styles in Mathematics. Synthese Library, vol 327. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3335-4_9
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