Mastering the History of Pure and Applied Mathematics: Essays in Honor of Jesper Lützen

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Mastering the History of Pure and Applied Mathematics

Essays in Honor of Jesper Lützen

Edited by: Toke Knudsen and Jessica Carter

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2024

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De Gruyter Proceedings in Mathematics

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The present collection of essays are published in honor of the distinguished historian of mathematics Professor Emeritus Jesper Lützen. In a career that spans more than four decades, Professor Lützen's scholarly contributions have enhanced our understanding of the history, development, and organization of mathematics. The essays cover a broad range of areas connected to Professor Lützen's work. In addition to this noteworthy scholarship, Professor Lützen has always been an exemplary colleague, providing support to peers as well as new faculty and graduate students. We dedicate this Festschrift to Professor Lützen—as a scholarly role model, mentor, colleague, and friend.

This book presents current research on specialized topics in the history of mathematics and physical sciences with contributions from academic scholars. Also discussed are research methods and how scholars investigate the history of mathematics.

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Toke Knudsen, State University of New York at Oneonta, USA; Jessica Carter, Aarhus University, Denmark.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Toke Knudsen and Jessica Carter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Revisiting Fermat: John Wallis and the English reception of number theory in the second half of the seventeenth century Philip Beeley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
Ideal chords in Poncelet’s work, from the Saratov notebooks to the Traité des propriétés projectives des figures Bruno Belhoste and Karine Chemla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
How Heinrich Hertz mapped the radiation field Jed Buchwald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
Von Neumann and impossibility, from Gödel to EDVAC Leo Corry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Liouville’s Journal and the Journal de l’École Polytechnique: a brief comparison Jeremy Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
Which groups, which forces transformed abbacus algebra, thus creating intellectual infrastructure for the scientific revolution? Reflections on the possibility to transfer the Zilsel thesis Jens Høyrup Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Cognitive artifacts in the history of mathematics Mikkel Willum Johansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
Nicolas Rashevsky and Alfred Lotka: different modeling strategies in the beginning of mathematical biology in the early twentieth century Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen and Andrea Loettgers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
Geometrical themes from Greek antiquity: how they resonated in the nineteenth century David E. Rowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	185
From heliocentrism to epicycles: a commentary on pre-Ptolemaic astronomy Erhard Scholz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
What is history of mathematics to twenty-first century mathematicians? Henrik Kragh Sørensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	235
Publications by Jesper Lützen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
About the authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	261
About the editors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263

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eBook published on:

June 4, 2024

eBook ISBN:

9783110769968

Hardcover published on:

June 4, 2024

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110769906

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Front matter:

6

Main content:

272

Illustrations:

37

Tables:

1

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110769968

eBook ISBN: 9783110769968

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110769906

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History of mathematics; Mathematical creativity; History of mathematical physics

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Libraries, reseachers, and graduate students engaged in studying the history of mathematics.

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Mastering the History of Pure and Applied Mathematics

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