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Defining a mathematical research school: the case of algebra at the University of Chicago, 1892–1945
Get PDFAbstractHistorians of science have long considered the concept of the “research school” as a potent analytical construct for understanding the development of the laboratory sciences. Unfortunately, their definitions fall short in the case of mathematics. Here, a definition of “mathematical research school” is proposed in the context of a case study of algebraic work associated with the University of Chicago's Department of Mathematics from the University's founding in 1892 through 1945
Convolutions in French mathematics, 1800–1840 By Ivor Grattan-Guinness. Science Networks: Historical Studies, Vol. 2. Basel, Boston, Berlin (Birkhäuser). 1990. 3 Vols. 1602 pp. DM 398
Get PDF“Increasing the Utility of the Society”: The Colloquium Lectures of the American Mathematical Society
Get PDFCette étude retrace l’évolution de la série de « Colloquium lectures » de l’American Mathematical Society (AMS) dès sa création en 1896 jusqu’au début de la deuxième guerre mondiale. Ces cours constituent une importante innovation dans l’échange mathématique aux États-Unis. Ils ont servi à la fois à porter la communication mathématique à un haut niveau et à organiser plus efficacement une communauté nationale de mathématiciens.This study traces the creation—in 1896—and evolution—through the outbreak of World War II—of the Colloquium lecture series of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). It documents how this innovation fostered a new sort of mathematical exchange and, in so doing, allowed the AMS to serve more effectively both as an agent of research-level mathematical communication and as a more truly national mathematical organization
“Increasing the Utility of the Society”: The Colloquium Lectures of the American Mathematical Society
No full textCette étude retrace l’évolution de la série de « Colloquium lectures » de l’American Mathematical Society (AMS) dès sa création en 1896 jusqu’au début de la deuxième guerre mondiale. Ces cours constituent une importante innovation dans l’échange mathématique aux États-Unis. Ils ont servi à la fois à porter la communication mathématique à un haut niveau et à organiser plus efficacement une communauté nationale de mathématiciens.This study traces the creation—in 1896—and evolution—through the outbreak of World War II—of the Colloquium lecture series of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). It documents how this innovation fostered a new sort of mathematical exchange and, in so doing, allowed the AMS to serve more effectively both as an agent of research-level mathematical communication and as a more truly national mathematical organization
Sabine Rommevaux, Maryvonne Spiesser, and Maria Rosa Massa Esteve, eds. Pluralité de l’algèbre à la Renaissance. Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance; Le savoir de Mantice. Paris: Honoré Champion Éditeur, 2012. 348 pp. €85. ISBN: 978–2–7453–2398–9.
No full textMathematics and the Politics of Race: The Case of William Claytor (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1933)
No full textAmir Alexander, Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2010. Pp. 307. ISBN 987-0-674-04661-0. ÂŁ21.95 (hardback).
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