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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Société canadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques. Meeting (2014 ;
St. Catharines, Ontario)
Titre(s) : Research in history and philosophy of mathematics [Texte électronique] : the CSHPM 2014 annual meeting in St. Catharines, Ontario / Maria Zack, Elaine Landry, editors
Publication : Cham : Birkhäuser, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
La Société Canadienne d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques
Note(s) : Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 16 août 2016). - Comprend des références bibliographiques
This volume contains thirteen papers that were presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting
of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne
d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques, held on the campus of Brock University
in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It contains rigorously reviewed modern scholarship
on general topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics, as well as on the
meetingℓ's special topic, Early Scientific Computation. These papers cover subjects
such as : Physical tools used by mathematicians in the seventeenth century; The first
historical appearance of the game-theoretical concept of mixed-strategy equilibrium;
George Washington's mathematical cyphering books; The development of the Venn diagram;
The role of Euler and other mathematicians in the development of algebraic analysis;
Arthur Cayley and Alfred Kempe's influence on Charles Peirce's diagrammatic logic;
The influence publishers had on the development of mathematical pedagogy in the nineteenth
century; A description of the 1924 International Mathematical Congress held in Toronto,
told in the form of a "narrated slide show. 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
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Zack, Maria. Fonction indéterminée
Landry, Elaine M.. Fonction indéterminée
Indice(s) Dewey :
510.9 (23e éd.) = Mathématiques - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319222585
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44680423g
Notice n° :
FRBNF44680423
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction; Editorial Board; Contents; Falconer's Cryptology; 1 Introduction; 2
Dating Falconer's Work; 2.1 References Within Cryptomenysis; 2.2 Motivation for Cryptomenysis;
2.3 Falconer's Biography; 3 Contents of Cryptomenysis; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Specific
Examples; 4 Conclusion; References; Is Mathematics to Be Useful? The Case of de la
Hire, Fontenelle, and the Epicycloid; 1 Introduction; 2 Background in Mathematics
and Mechanics; 3 La Hire and Fontenelle on the Epicycloid; 4 A Sign of the Times;
References
The Rise of "the Mathematicals'': Placing Maths into the Hands of Practitioners-The
Invention and Popularization of Sectors and Scales; 1 Introduction; 2 The Importance
of Proportional Analogies in General Problem Solving; 3 Description and Use of the
Lines of the Sector; 3.1 Line of Lines; 3.2 Line of Superficies; 3.3 Lines of Circular
Parts; 3.4 The Particular Lines; 3.4.1 The Lines of Quadrature ; 3.4.2 The Lines of
Segments; 3.4.3 The Lines of Inscribed Bodies and the Line of Equated Bodies; 3.4.4
The Lines of Metals; 4 Logarithmic Scales and Rules
5 Construction and Use of the Scales of the Gunter's Rule; 5.1 Construction of Lines
of Equal Parts; 5.2 Construction of Circular Lines; 5.3 Construction of Lines of Superficies;
5.4 Construction of Logarithmic Lines; 6 Three Applications from Astronomy: Solutions
by Sector and Scale Compared; 6.1 Problem 1: Given the Distance of the Sun from the
Equinoctial Point, to Find Its Declination; 6.2 Problem 2: Given the Latitude of Your
Location and the Sun's Declination at Sunrise, to Find Azimuth of the Sun at that
Time
6.3 Problem 3: Given the Latitude of Your Location, Declination of the Sun, and the
Sun's Altitude, to Find the Local (Solar) Time; 7 Impact of Sectors and Scales on
Mathematics, Science, and Society; 8 Credits; References; Early Modern Computation
on Sectors; 1 The History of Sectors According to NMAH; 2 Sectors in the Italian Style;
3 Sectors in the French Style; 4 Sectors in the English Style; 5 Conclusion; References;
The Eighteenth-Century Origins of the Concept of Mixed-Strategy Equilibrium in Game
Theory; 1 Introduction; 2 Le Her and Its Solution; 3 Jouer au Plus Fin
Appendix 1: Calculating Paul's Winning Card Counts; Appendix 2: Calculating Paul's
Advantage; References; Reassembling Humpty Dumpty: Putting George Washington's Cyphering
Manuscript Back Together Again; 1 Introduction; 2 Provenance of the Manuscript; 3
A Page That the Library of Congress Did Not Digitize; 4 The Cornell Leaf; 5 The Dartmouth
Leaf; 6 A Leaf at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; 7 A Missing Leaf; 8 Conclusion;
References; Natures of Curved Lines in the Early Modern Period and the Emergence of
the Transcendental; 1 Introduction; 2 Known and Nature in Early Modern Mathematics
