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A special issue for Henri Poincaré [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
One hundred years ago, on 17 July 1912, Henri Poincare died at the age of only 58 years. He had been unusually productive with fundamental results in mathematics, physics and astronomy, and he can be regarded as one of the most important mathematical ...
Verhulst, Ferdinand   +5 more
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Improving The Quality Of The Mathematics Education: The Malaysian Experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Improving the quality of teaching and learning of mathematics has always been a major concern of mathematics educators. The four recurring and inter-related issues often raised in the development of a mathematics curriculum are: “What type of ...
Prof. Noor Azlan , Ahmad Zanzali
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Lijfrentes in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Is het financiële product nu winstgevend voor de koper of de verstrekker? Welke berekening ligt eraan ten grondslag? Jan Hogendijk legt uit hoe het product lijfrente vanaf de zeventiende eeuw werd toegepast, en in welke mate de wiskunde erachter ...
Hogendijk, J.P.   +2 more
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Multicultural and Gender Equity Issues in a History of Mathematics Course: Not Only Dead European Males

open access: yesJournal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2013
We address issues related to gender and cultural equity in a history of mathematics course. We first look at the preponderance of male European mathematicians represented in textbooks of mathematics and history or mathematics.
Alfinio Flores, Kelly E. Kimpton
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RESENHAS: SBHMAT’S FIRST PUBLICATIONS

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de História da Matemática, 2020
In its first two years of existence, the Brazilian Society for the History of Mathematics (SBHMat) has published nine books on various topics in the History of Mathematics and two scholarly journals.
John A. Fossa
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Ludolph van Ceulen (1540-1610): in de ban van de cirkel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In 2010 is het 400 jaar geleden dat Ludolph van Ceulen overleed. Om verschillende redenen is het mooi om daar aandacht aan te besteden. Van Ceulen was een verwoed rekenaar die steevast ‘met lust ende arbeyt’ verder rekende waar anderen stopten.
Sub History of Mathematics begr. 1-1-14   +2 more
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The Use of the History of Mathematics in the Teaching of Preservice Teachers

open access: yesREDIMAT, 2014
Many scholars have written about using the history of mathematics in the teaching of preservice mathematics teachers. For this study, preservice mathematics teachers developed an electronic journal of reflections based on presentations in the history of
Dianna Galante
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Ludolph van Ceulen (1540-1610): meester der rekenmeesters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In deze eerste Pythagoras van 2010 vertelt historicus van de wiskunde Steven Wepster over Ludolph van Ceulen, die dit jaar precies 400 jaar geleden overleed. Als rekenmeester stak Van Ceulen ver boven de concurrentie uit, maar ook bij academici dwong hij
Sub History of Mathematics begr. 1-1-14   +2 more
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«Priority Dispute» between Cauchy and Maclaurin or the History of a Mistake.

open access: yesОбразование и наука, 2015
Both students and specialists have to master a large volume of mathematical information mainly through books and manuals, which generally concerns the accepted definitions and proved theorems. However, it is rather difficult to find out texts tracing the
A. V. Yastrebov
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Middeleeuwse islamitische geometrische ornamentiek [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Overal in de islamitische wereld zijn prachtige geometrische patronen te zien in middeleeuwse moskeeën en paleizen. Wat zijn de methoden van de middeleeuwse ontwerpers? Welke wiskundige kennis gebruiken ze?
Hogendijk, J.P.   +2 more
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