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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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...
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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... -
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... -
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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Framing Mathematical Excellence
Todays International Mathematical Union (IMU) derives its greatest visibility among mathematicians world wide from the International Congresses. Its... -
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... -