Breaking news, November 1813 — Accused 'numbers' claim geometric alibi: A dramatic presentation celebrating Joseph Gergonne - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2016

Breaking news, November 1813 — Accused 'numbers' claim geometric alibi: A dramatic presentation celebrating Joseph Gergonne

Résumé

Joseph-Diez Gergonne provides an early model for the importance of the role of journal editor in filtering novel and valuable ideas, encouraging correspondence, mediating disputes, influencing research priorities, shaping disciplinary discourse, and negotiating disciplinary boundaries. A paper of J.-F. Français appeared in Gergonne's journal, Annales de mathématiques pures et appliquées, in 1813, on the idea of representing imaginary numbers geometrically. Gergonne placed the article and responses by himself and others in the ‘Philosophie Mathématique' section of his journal. We present, in the form of a dialogue between the participants, a paraphrase of the lively interchanges in the Annales, including Gergonne's copious editorial footnotes. The play is introduced, and a closing commentary given, by a historian of mathematics and a modern mathematics teacher in dialogue, providing historical and pedagogical context. Cameo appearances are made by historian Gert Schubring, John Wallis, Abraham De Moivre, Caspar Wessel, H. Valentiner, A.-M. Legendre, and the modern mathematician Barry Mazur.

Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Hitchcock_ProceedingsHPM_2016_02.pdf (355.17 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)
Loading...

Dates et versions

hal-01349224 , version 1 (27-07-2016)

Identifiants

  • HAL Id : hal-01349224 , version 1

Citer

Gavin Gavin Hitchcock. Breaking news, November 1813 — Accused 'numbers' claim geometric alibi: A dramatic presentation celebrating Joseph Gergonne. History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, Jul 2016, Montpellier, France. ⟨hal-01349224⟩

Collections

TICE HPM2016
109 Consultations
217 Téléchargements

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More