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 reviewe...
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| Language: | English |
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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.