Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics The CSHPM 2017 Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario /
This volume contains thirteen papers that were presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques, which was held at Ryerson University in Toronto. It showcases rigorously...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/ Société canadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques,
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Table of Contents:
- Thomas, The Definitions and Theorems of the Spherics of Theodosios
- Melville, John Marsh and the Curious World of Decimal Arithmetic
- Hackborn, Euler's Discovery and Resolution of d'Alembert's Paradox
- Curtin, Euler's Work on the Surface Area of Scalene Cones
- Alexander, What Mathematics Rittenhouse Knew
- Ackerberg-Hastings, John Playfair's Approach to "the Practical Parts of the Mathematics."- Baltus, Monge's Descriptive Geometry in Three Examples
- Fraser, The Culture of Research Mathematics in 1860s Prussia: Adolph Mayer and the Theory of the Second Variation in the Calculus of Variations
- Therrien, The Axiom of Choice as a Paradigm Shift: The Case for the Distinction between the Ontological and the Methodological Crisis in the Foundations of Mathematics
- Godard, Boltzmann et Vlasov
- Darnell, Thomas-Bolduc, Takeuti's Well-Ordering Proof: Finitistically Fine?- Beriault, A Non-Error Theory Approach to Mathematical Fictionalism
- Ashton, Mathematical Problem Choice and the Contact of Minds. .
