Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics
The CSHPM 2019-2020 Volume
Published on 5. June 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 215 pages
978-3-030-95203-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains eleven papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/Société canadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques. It showcases rigorously-reviewed contemporary scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics, as well as the teaching of the history of mathematics. Topics considered include
- The mathematics and astronomy in Nathaniel Torperly's only published work, Diclides Coelometricae, seu valvae astronomicae universal
- Connections between the work of Urbain Le Verrier, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, and Augustin-Louis Cauchy on the algebraic eigenvalue problem
- An evaluation of Ken Manders' argument against conceiving of the diagrams in Euclid's Elements in semantic terms
- The development of undergraduate modern algebra courses in the United States
- Ways of using the history of mathematics to teachthe foundations of mathematical analysis
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2022
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 farbige Abbildungen, 43 s/w Abbildungen
XIII, 215 p. 55 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
359 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-95203-7 (9783030952037)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-95201-3
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Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics
The CSHPM 2019-2020 Volume
Book
05/2022
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Content
J. S. Silverberg, The Most Obscure and Inconvenient Tables ever Constructed.- D. J. Melville, Commercializing Arithmetic: The Case of Edward Hatton.- C. Baltus, Leading to Poncelet: A Story of Collinear Points.- R. Godard, Cauchy, Le Verrier et Jacobi sur le problème algébrique des valeurs propres et les inégalités séculaires des mouvements des planètes.- A. Ackerberg-Hastings, Mathematics in Astronomy at Harvard College Before 1839 as a Case Study for Teaching Historical Writing in Mathematics Courses.- J. J. Tattersall, S. L. McMurran, "Lectures for Women" and the Founding of Newnham College, Cambridge.- D. Waszek, Are Euclid's Diagrams "Representations"? On an Argument by Ken Manders.- B. Buldt, Abstraction by Embedding and Constraint-Based Design.- W. Meyer, The Birth of Undergraduate Modern Algebra in the United States.- P. Liu, History as a Source of Mathematical Narrative in Developing Students' Interpretations of Mathematics.- F. Kamareddine, J. P. Seldin, Thoughts on Using theHistory of Mathematics to Teach the Foundations of Mathematical Analysis.