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  1. Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics The CSHPM 2022 Volume

    This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases rigorously...
    Maria Zack, David Waszek in Annals of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/ Société canadienne d’histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques
    Book 2024

  2. Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics The CSHPM 2021 Volume

    This volume contains eighteen papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases...
    Maria Zack, David Waszek in Annals of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/ Société canadienne d’histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques
    Book 2023

  3. Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics The CSHPM 2019-2020 Volume

    This volume contains eleven papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/Société canadienne...
    Maria Zack, Dirk Schlimm in Annals of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/ Société canadienne d’histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques
    Book 2022

  4. The Impact of Political Decisions on Mathematics

    This last chapter analyzes a selection of cases where political decisions affected, positively or not, the research and teaching of mathematics: the...
    Francisco J. Aragón-Artacho, Miguel A. Goberna in Mathematics in Politics and Governance
    Chapter 2024

  5. The Mathematics of László Lovász

    This is an exposition of the contributions of László Lovász to mathematics and computer science written on the occasion of the bestowal of the Abel...
    Martin Grötschel, Jaroslav Nešetřil in The Abel Prize 2018-2022
    Chapter 2024

  6. Abstraction: Mathematics Since the Twentieth Century

    The revolutions in mathematics in the nineteenth century paved the way for rapid development and unprecedented expansion in mathematics in the...
    Tianxin Cai in A Brief History of Mathematics
    Chapter 2023

  7. Thoughts on Using the History of Mathematics to Teach the Foundations of Mathematical Analysis

    This paper discusses ideas for a different approach to teaching the foundations of mathematical analysis. The main idea is to avoid the use of what...
    Fairouz Kamareddine, Jonathan P. Seldin in Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics
    Chapter 2022

  8. Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics The CSHPM 2018 Volume

    This volume contains ten papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/Société canadienne...

    Maria Zack, Dirk Schlimm in Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/ Société canadienne d’histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques
    Conference proceedings 2020

  9. History of Knot Theory from Gauss to Jones

    In 1867, Lord Kelvin, motivated by Tait’s method of producing vortex smoke rings, came up with the vortex atom theory. He hypothesized that atoms...
    Józef H. Przytycki, Rhea Palak Bakshi, ... Deborah Weeks in Lectures in Knot Theory
    Chapter 2024

  10. Mathematics Textbooks and the Gradual Decline in the Use of Middle- to Advanced-Level Abbaco Arithmetic 1607–1865

    This chapter focuses on the influence of textbooks and textbook authors on the teaching and learning of middle- to more advanced-level abbaco...
    Nerida Ellerton, M. A. Ken Clements in Toward Mathematics for All
    Chapter 2022

  13. STEAM and Critical Making in Teacher Education

    In the context of literature on STEAM and critical making (Ratto, Inform Soc 27(4):252–260, 2011), we present three case studies which explored the...
    Immaculate Kizito Namukasa, Janette Hughes, Ricardo Scucuglia in Handbook of Cognitive Mathematics
    Reference work entry 2022

  14. Identification of π Analytically

    The present chapter covers the period from the sixteenth to the nineteenth-century C.E. This period was also the age of mathematical analysis...
    Amalkumar Mukhopadhyay, Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt in Zero and Pi
    Chapter 2024

  15. Dorset and Ghana

    “Mrs. Ward, you have a fine son, but he’s a whopper!” I imagine my mother was already more than aware of the second observation, made by a doctor in...
    Thomas Ward in People, Places, and Mathematics
    Chapter 2023

  18. Framing Mathematical Excellence

    Todays International Mathematical Union (IMU) derives its greatest visibility among mathematicians world wide from the International Congresses. Its...
    Norbert Schappacher in Framing Global Mathematics
    Chapter Open access 2022

  19. On the Educational Legacies of Jonathan M. Borwein

    This chapter describes possible legacies in mathematical culture and education of the work and influence of Jonathan M. Borwein. Three lenses are...
    Naomi Simone Borwein, Judy-anne Heather Osborn in From Analysis to Visualization
    Conference paper 2020
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