John Playfair on British decline in mathematics

DOI10.1080/17498430802037830zbMath1148.01005OpenAlexW2143659983WikidataQ58603174 ScholiaQ58603174MaRDI QIDQ3519301

Amy Ackerberg-Hastings

Publication date: 14 August 2008

Published in: BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430802037830

zbMATH Keywords

history of mathematicsBritish mathematics19th century mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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• The analytical society (1812-1813): Precursor of the renewal of Cambridge mathematics
• Geometry versus analysis in early 19th-century Scotland: John Leslie, William Wallace, and Thomas Carlyle
• Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? Dispelling myths while promoting maths
• Analysis and synthesis in John Playfair's Elements of Geometry

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