This volume contains eleven papers that have been collected by the
Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/Societe
canadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathematiques. 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.
Topics considered include The mathematics and astronomy in
Nathaniel Torperly's only published work, Diclides Coelometricae,
seu valvae astronomicae universal Connections between the work of
Urbain Le Verrier, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, and Augustin-Louis
Cauchy on the algebraic eigenvalue problem An evaluation of Ken
Manders' argument against conceiving of the diagrams in Euclid's
Elements in semantic terms The development of undergraduate modern
algebra courses in the United States Ways of using the history of
mathematics to teach the foundations of mathematical analysis
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.
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