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11. Conclusions - Indian Mathematics - Redressing the balance - Projects…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Projects/Pearce/chapter-20/

    7 Mar 2023: Discussing my first 'question' is less easy, as within the history of mathematics we find a variety of 'stances'. ... The last word on the history of ancient civilisation will never be said.

12. Pappus on analysis and synthesis in geometry - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Pappus_analysis_synthesis/

    7 Mar 2023: It is the work of three men, Euclid, the author of the Elements, Apollonius of Perga, and Aristaeus the Elder, and proceeds by way of analysis and synthesis. ... So much, then, for the definition of analysis and synthesis. Of the books already mentioned

13. Mittag-Leffler PDF (535k)

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Strick/mittag-leffler.pdf

    25 Jun 2022: In 1889 she became the first woman in recent scientific history to be appointed to a professorship in mathematics. ... She lectured on analysis, became co-editor of the Acta Mathematica and supported MITTAG-LEFFLER in the organisation of international

14. Edmund Whittaker (1873 - 1956) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Whittaker/

    25 Jan 2024: Died. 24 March 1956. Edinburgh, Scotland. Summary. Edmund Whittaker's best known work is in analysis, in particular numerical analysis, but he also worked on celestial mechanics and the history of ... Whittaker's best known work is in analysis, in

15. Young Researchers in Mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Honours/YRM/

    29 Mar 2024: Speaker: John Ball, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK. Track: Analysis and PDEs. ... Track: Numerical Analysis. Speaker: Andrea Albrecht, University of Freiburg. Track: History of Mathematics.

16. 125th Anniversary 1 The Edinburgh Mathematical Society was founded ... PDF (2493k)

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/EMS/booklet.pdf

    16 Jun 2020: More detailed biographies of these members can be found in the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. ... He published several important textbooks and was an enthusiast for the History of Mathematics.

17. African women 1 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/African_women_1/

    18 Jan 2024: Her publications include The use of history of mathematics in the teaching of mathematics in secondary education (1983). ... Rosalia Sam KATAPA. Country: Tanzania. Year: 1984. Degree: Ph.D. Thesis title: Statistical Analysis of Familial Data.

18. Report on BMC 2009 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/BMC/2009/Report2009/

    7 Mar 2023: A History of Mathematics lecture was given by Rod Gow (UCD) on the Monday afternoon followed by a special lecture given by Tom Laffey (UCD). ... There were Splinter Group sessions on Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis, Geometry and Topology,

19. Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (C) -…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathword/c/

    16 Apr 2024: E. Montucla, "A History of Mathematics," in The Critical Review; or, Annals of Literature; Extended & Improved: "Several new branches of analysis having arisen out of the foregoing, the author treats of ... 39. The history of the contributing

20. Mexican Mathematical Society - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/Mexican/

    26 Jun 2023: He taught mathematics in various schools and in the National School of Engineers. ... Papers in this journal are in Spanish. Topics covered are: Algebra, Analysis, Applications, Combinatorics, Geometry, History of Mathematics, Obituaries, Logic and