Visual thinking in mathematics : an epistemological study /
Giaquinto, M.(Marcus)
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-284) and index.
Introduction -- Simple shapes : vision and concepts -- Basic geometrical knowledge -- Geometrical discovery by visualizing -- Diagrams in geogmetric proofs -- Mental number lines -- Visual aspects of calculation -- General theorems from specific images -- Visual thinking in basic analysis -- Symbol manipulation -- Cognition of structure -- Mathematical thinking : algebraic v. geometric?
Mathematics
Visual perception.
Information visualization.
Geometry.
Arithmetic.