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This volume contains eighteen papers that have been collected by
the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It
showcases rigorously-reviewed contemporary scholarship on an
interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of
mathematics, as well as the teaching of the history of
mathematics.  Some of the topics explored include
Arabic editions of Euclid’s Elements from the thirteenth century
and their role in the assimilation of Euclidean geometry into the
Islamic intellectual tradition Portuguese sixteenth century
recreational mathematics as found in the Tratado de Prática
Darysmetica A Cambridge correspondence course in arithmetic
for women in England in the late nineteenth century The
mathematical interests of the famous Egyptologist Thomas Eric (T.
E.) Peet The history of Zentralblatt für Mathematik and
Mathematical Reviews and their role in creating a publishing
infrastructure for a global mathematical literature The use of
Latin squares for agricultural crop experiments at the Rothamsted
Experimental Station The many contributions of women to the
advancement of computing techniques at the Cavendish Laboratory at
the University of Cambridge in the 1960s The volume concludes with
two short plays, one set in Ancient Mesopotamia and the other in
Ancient Egypt, that are well suited for use in the mathematics
classroom. Written by leading scholars in the field, these papers
are accessible not only to mathematicians and students of the
history and philosophy of mathematics, but also to anyone with a
general interest in mathematics.
A History of Mathematics, Third Edition, provides students with a
solid background in the history of mathematics and focuses on the
most important topics for today's elementary, high school, and
college curricula. Students will gain a deeper understanding of
mathematical concepts in their historical context, and future
teachers will find this book a valuable resource in developing
lesson plans based on the history of each topic. This book is ideal
for a junior or senior level course in the history of mathematics
for mathematics majors intending to become teachers.
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Derivative with a New Parameter: Theory, Methods and Applications
discusses the first application of the local derivative that was
done by Newton for general physics, and later for other areas of
the sciences. The book starts off by giving a history of
derivatives, from Newton to Caputo. It then goes on to introduce
the new parameters for the local derivative, including its
definition and properties. Additional topics define beta-Laplace
transforms, beta-Sumudu transforms, and beta-Fourier transforms,
including their properties, and then go on to describe the method
for partial differential with the beta derivatives. Subsequent
sections give examples on how local derivatives with a new
parameter can be used to model different applications, such as
groundwater flow and different diseases. The book gives an
introduction to the newly-established local derivative with new
parameters, along with their integral transforms and applications,
also including great examples on how it can be used in epidemiology
and groundwater studies.
The book explores Peirce's non standard thoughts on a synthetic
continuum, topological logics, existential graphs, and relational
semiotics, offering full mathematical developments on these areas.
More precisely, the following new advances are offered: (1) two
extensions of Peirce's existential graphs, to intuitionistic logics
(a new symbol for implication), and other non-classical logics (new
actions on nonplanar surfaces); (2) a complete formalization of
Peirce's continuum, capturing all Peirce's original demands
(genericity, supermultitudeness, reflexivity, modality), thanks to
an inverse ordinally iterated sheaf of real lines; (3) an array of
subformalizations and proofs of Peirce's pragmaticist maxim,
through methods in category theory, HoTT techniques, and modal
logics. The book will be relevant to Peirce scholars,
mathematicians, and philosophers alike, thanks to thorough
assessments of Peirce's mathematical heritage, compact surveys of
the literature, and new perspectives offered through formal and
modern mathematizations of the topics studied.
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