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The History Of Applied Mathematics And The History Of Society

Synthese, 2002
Choosing the history of statistics and operations research as a case study, several ways of setting the development of 20th century applied mathematics into a social context are discussed. It is shown that there is ample common ground between these contextualizations and several recent research programs in general contemporary history.
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Notes On the History of Mathematics

The Mathematics Teacher, 1950
The recent discussion* of the rules for determining the sign of the product of two signed numbers suggested a study of the ways in which this question has been treated in algebras in the past. A problem of this type does not merit an exhaustive investigation. The question is how have various authors gone about the task of making this rule reasonable to
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Mysticism in the history of mathematics

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2017
We examine the relationship between mysticism and mathematical creativity through case studies from the history of mathematics.
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Mathematics in the History of Cryptography

Cryptologia, 2014
Abstract For eight years, the author has taught a course in cryptology for undergraduate non-mathematics majors [15]. However, has his approach to the course been appropriate or has he, along with many others, been doing the history of cryptology an injustice?
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History of mathematics, mathematical histories, storytelling in Hungarian mathematics education

2019
History of mathematics is rarely used in Hungarian mathematics education, and even more rarely goes beyond anecdotic mentions of history. In this paper I will argue that despite of this phenomenon, a historical perspective on mathematics, in a more general way, plays a crucial role in a specific Hungarian tradition of mathematics education, called ...
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History of Mathematics and History of Science Reunited?

Isis, 2011
For some years now, the history of modern mathematics and the history of modern science have developed independently. A step toward a reunification that would benefit both disciplines could come about through a revived appreciation of mathematical practice.
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History of Mathematical Programming Systems

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 1978
The systematic development of practical computing methods for linear programming (LP) began in 1952 at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, under the direction of George B. Dantzig. The author worked intensively on this project there until late 1956, by which time great progress had been made on first-generation computers.
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On The History and Mathematics of The Equivalence Theorem

Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 2013
The author presents a fascinating discussion of the history of the Cantor-Schröder-Bernstein theorem (a.k.a. the equivalence theorem), from the time of Cantor right through to the late decades of last century. He includes a proof of the theorem, based on an idea of Dedekind, that does not even require an axiom of infinity. The paper will be of value to
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History of Mathematics in Mathematics Education

2013
This paper surveys central justifications and approaches adopted by educators interested in incorporating history of mathematics into mathematics teaching and learning. This interest itself has historical roots and different historical manifestations; these roots are examined as well in the paper.
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The History of Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics

This research is included in the project "Mathematics, Enginee ring and Heritage: New Chalenges and Practices (XVI-XIX)" (PID2020-113702RB-IO0) of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación.
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