State of the art on the characterization of insight types in mathematical problem solving

Abstract

This article presents a selection of papers that have been considered relevant to this research. These are related to divergent and convergent thinking, insight and creativity in mathematical problem solving, without them representing all the material that may exist regarding these topics, and that have been published from the second half of the last century to date. However, a careful selection of diverse authors with very representative and high quality results should allow us to orient the research towards a theoretical framework and a successful methodology of work.