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Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics

The CSHPM 2015 Annual Meeting in Washington, D. C.

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Maria Zack

    1. Mathematical Information and Computer Sciences, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, USA

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  2. Elaine Landry

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

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  • Contains rigorously reviewed scholarly works on the history and philosophy of mathematics from a variety of time periods and cultures

  • Contributions are written by the leading scholars in the field

  • Will be accessible to anyone with a general interest in mathematics, not just students and academics

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Latin Translation of Euclid’s Elements attributed to Adelard of Bath: Relation to the Arabic transmission of al-Ḥajjāj

    • Gregg De Young
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Arc Rampant in 1673: Abraham Bosse, François Blondel, Philippe de la Hire, and conic sections

    • Christopher Baltus
    Pages 15-24

  4. The Need for a Revision of the Prehistory of Arithmetic and its Relevance to School Mathematics

    • Patricia Baggett, Andrzej Ehrenfeucht
    Pages 25-38

  5. Bolzano’s measurable numbers: are they real?

    • Steve Russ, Kateřina Trlifajová
    Pages 39-56

  6. Finding the roots of a non-linear equation: history and reliability

    • Roger Godard
    Pages 57-68

  7. Remarkable Similarities: A dialogue between Boole and De Morgan

    • Gavin Hitchcock
    Pages 69-82

  8. Clifford and Sylvester on the Development of Peirce’s Matrix Formulation of the Algebra of Relations, 1870–1882

    • Francine F. Abeles
    Pages 83-91

  9. The Correspondence of William Burnside

    • Howard Emmens
    Pages 93-111

  10. Historical evidence of the close friendship between Yoshikatsu Sugiura and Paul Dirac

    • Michiyo Nakane
    Pages 113-125

  11. Grattan-Guinness’s work on classical mechanics

    • Roger Cooke
    Pages 127-160

  12. Humanistic Reflections on Hundredth Powers-A Case Study

    • Joel Haack, Timothy Hall
    Pages 161-166

  13. The Quest for Digital Preservation: Will a portion of mathematics history be lost forever?

    • Steve DiDomenico, Linda Newman
    Pages 167-179

  14. Mathematical Communities as a Topic and a Method

    • Amy Ackerberg-Hastings
    Pages 181-192

  15. The American Mathematical Monthly (1894-1919): A New Journal in the Service of Mathematics and Its Educators

    • Karen Hunger Parshall
    Pages 193-204

  16. Charter Members of the MAA and the Material Culture of American Mathematics

    • Peggy Aldrich Kidwell
    Pages 205-219

  17. An American Postulate Theorist: Edward V. Huntington

    • Janet Heine Barnett
    Pages 221-235

  18. The establishment and growth of Math Circles in America

    • Brandy Wiegers, Diana White
    Pages 237-248
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About this book

This volume contains seventeen papers that were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques, held in Washington, D.C. In addition to showcasing rigorously reviewed modern scholarship on an interesting variety of general topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics, this meeting also honored the memories of Jacqueline (Jackie) Stedall and Ivor Grattan-Guinness; celebrated the Centennial of the Mathematical Association of America; and considered the importance of mathematical communities in a special session. These themes and many others are explored in these collected papers, which cover subjects such as
  • New evidence that the Latin translation of Euclid’s Elements was based on the Arabic version attributed to al-Ḥajjāj
  • Work done on the arc rampant in the seventeenth century 
  • The history of numerical methods for finding roots of nonlinear equations
  • An original play featuring a dialogue between George Boole and Augustus De Morgan that explores the relationship between them
  • Key issues in the digital preservation of mathematical material for future generations
  • A look at the first twenty-five years of The American Mathematical Monthly in the context of the evolving American mathematical community
  • The growth of Math Circles and the unique ways they are being implemented in the United States



Written by leading scholars in the field, these papers will be accessible to not only mathematicians and students of the history and philosophy of mathematics, but also anyone with a general interest in mathematics.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Mathematical Information and Computer Sciences, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, USA

    Maria Zack

  • Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

    Elaine Landry

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