Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
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Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics Societe canaditmne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathematiques NEWSLETTER Mai I May 1984 Please send items to / Envoyer touts information a: Louis Charbonneau, D.partement de math~matiques et d'informatique? U.Q.A.M., C.P. 8888. succ. A, Montreal, Que., H3C 3P8. 64.6 ANNUAL MEETING I CONGRES ANNUEl UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH June 7 - 8 juin 1984 TENTATIVE PROGRAMME I PROGRAMME PROJETE Ail ses5ions will be held in room 316, Mackinnon Building. Ib~[§Qe'i.Lj~!:!gt_L_JYO§_Z_jytlJ 10.00 A.M. 10.30 A. M. j l. 00 A. N. 12.00 A. M. \. 30 P. M. 2.00 P.M, 2.30 P.M. 3,30 P,M, 4,00 P.M. 5.00 P.M, 9.30 A.M, 10.30 A.M. 11.15 A.M. 11.45 A.M. 1. 30 P.M, 2.00 P,M. Alejandro R. GARCIADIEGO, Universidad Naclonal Autonoma de Medea, "THE EMERGENCE OF SOME OF THE NON-LOGICAL SET-THEORETIC PARADOXES, 1903 - 1908." Macshall WAL~,ER, Yori, Unl versi ty. "THE MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY ON LINES 31b - 32e OF PLATO' 5 T1MAEUS." Irving ANELLlS, Uni verst ty of Iowa. "RUSSEL'S REACT /ON TO CANTORlAN SET THEORY j 896-97." Lunch SPECIAL SESSION TO COMMEMORATE THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY Of LEIBNIZ'S FIRST PUBLICATION OF NTE CALCULUS. Erwi n 0, KREYSZlG, Uni versity of Wi ndsor: "GOTTFRIED WHILHELM lEIBNIZ, 300 YEARS OF CALCULUS." Craig FRASER, UnIversIty of Toronto; "D'ALEMBERT, INFINITESIMALS AND MECHANICS," Ross WILLARD, University of Waterloo: "A FOUNDATIONAL DIFFICULTY IN THE CALCULUS ARISING FROM THE ISOCHRONISM OF THE CYCLOID. " S, THOMEIER, Memona! UnlVerslty. "THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCULUS AND IS IMPORTANCE IN THE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM." Edward BARBEAU, UniversIty of Toronto. "WHAT ARE LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS 7" to 6.30 P,M. RECEPTION, Presidents HOllse, UnIversity 01 Guelph. Israel ~:LEINER, Yorl; Un; ver-S1 ty: "SOME EVENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF Gf,OUP THEORY." Lesley CORMAm, lim versi ty of Toronto: "THE CANON MATHEMATICUS, EARLY THOUGHT ON ALGEBRA BY FRANCDIS VIETrL" Francine ABELES, ~,ean Call ege of New Jecsey. "DETERMINANTS AND LINEAR SYSTEMS, CHARLES DODGSON'S LOOKING GLASS VIEW." lunch and Business MeetIng. Abe SHENITZER, York Un; versl tV: "HISTORY AND THE TEACHING OF MATHENAT ICS, TWO EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS." Louis CHARBONNEAU, Unl verSl til du Ouebec " 11ontreal. "HISTORY AND TEACHING, WHY I LDST SOME HOPE, OR CAN YOU HELP ME!?" Page 2 3.00 P.M. 3.30 P.M. Roqer HERZ-FISHLER, Carleton University, "DE QUMID DATE LE PREMIER RAPPROCHEMENT ENTRE LA SUITE DE FIBONNACCI ET LA DIVISION EN EXTf<EME ET MOYENNE RAISON"" Len BERGGREN, 5in.on Fraser University: "THE HISTORY OF ISLAMIC MATHEMATICS. THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ART." PDur- plus d'informations, c:ont2lcter: For more iflformations, please contact I Pr"of John W. BERRY Department of Mathematics University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Man. R3T 2N.2 84.7 OTHER MEETINGS J AUTRES RENCONTRES Canadi an Mathemati C5 Education Study Group Groupe canadien d'etude en didactique des math~matiques The Group will held its Eigtlth Annual Meeting at the UnIversity of Water-Ioo, Waterloo, Ont., from the 2nd to the 6th of June 1984. Invited spea~(er5 will be Dr. Allan Bishop, for"m Cambridge Univer'sity, and Dr.Leon Henkin, from the University of Cali'fornia at Berkeley. Working groups will be on Logo and the mathematics curriculum, the impact of research and technology on school algebra curricula, and epistemology and mathematics educati on. For more infor-mations write to Bernard Hodgson, Sec.-freas., CMESG, Departement de mathematiquE's, Univer·site Laval, Qu~bec, Due., GIK 7P4. * Universlte d'ete sur l'histoir-e des mathematiqLles. (France) "Histoire des mathematiques et orgimisE1. dans Ie cadre des Universitee d'Et~ subventionnees par Ie Mini5t~re de l'Educatlon Nationale, une Univer$it~ d'Ete consacree ~ l'histoire des mattlematiques. I_a commission inter~'IREM d~Epistell\oIDgie" Cette Universite, • vacation interdisciplinaire, acceuillera du 6 au 13 jUillet 1984, soixante participants, pr-ofesseur-s de college, lycee ou l.E.P. Cette Universite, s'adresse, bien sur, allX enseignants de mathefTlatiqL~es mai 5 aussi aw: ensel gnants de physi que, phi 1osophi E'I histoire, eventuellement Iettres classiquE's et languE'S. En effet, au del A d'une rtHlexion sur l'histoire et I'enseignement des mathematiquE's,I"Universite d'ete vise au decloisonnement de l'enseignement des mathematiquE's et A la mise en place d'activites interdisciplinair-es. Ell e devrai t permettre aux ensEi gnans de mathemati ques ,de phi 1 osphi e, et d'histoire de coordonner Ies diverses tentaticE's d'insertian de l"histoire des sci ences dans I' ensei gnement qui se developpent aUjourd' nui dans 1 es I ycees et. call "'gE's. Les ob,ectifs gener-aux de 113 formation sont Ies suivants: 1. Lutte c~ntre LIn enseignement dogmatique et formel des mathematiques qui est cause d'@chec scolaire. 2. Definition, ~ par-tir- de l'histoire des mathematiques, de pr-atiques renovees de l'enseignement en montrant que Ie savoir math~matique se construit ~ po2\rtir de problemes et de situations et en pnkisant Je role de l'en"eur, de la conjoncture, de 113 rigueur. 3. Ouverture a l~interdisciplinarite : travail en equipe pedagogique. 4. Etude des rapports entre math~matiques et societ~ : contexte historique, philosophique et social de 113 production mathematique, place des mathematiquEs et des sciences dans 103 culture. Pour- plus d'informations, entrez en contact avec Madame Evelyne Barbin Le Rest IREM du Mans Universite du Maine Route de Laval 72000 Le Mans t~l. * Fifth (4:!') 24.'12.36 International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME 5) In Adelaide, Australia, August 24--30, contact: IeME 5 Travel Planners, P.O. Box 32366, San Antonio, Tewas 78216 (512/341-8131). * Conference on Rent'liss.:Illce Mathematics The BritIsh SOclety for" the History of tlathemdtics in CO(1.Jllnction Yilth The OrHm University is orqanizinq a confer"ence on Renaissance mathematics to be held September 26 to 30, 1984, Conferen~e themes include Pedagogic Aspects oi Renaissance M~the(natics; National Traditions in Mathematics; The Vprnacular Tradition; The Worl; of Nicholas Chuquet; Mattlematics and Other ScienCES; M<:lthematics and Snclety. Workshop sessions are planned. English and Frenctl are the languaqes of the conference. Enquiries should be directed to Or-. Cynthia Hay, Conference S~cretary, Faculty of Mathematics, The Open UniverSity, Walton Hall, Milton Veynes MV7 6AA, England. Symposium i nter"nat.ional applicatlons. sur 1 es polynornes or-thngonaw: et leurs Pour c~l~brer 1e 15(ti~me arlfliversaire de la naissance de E.N. Laguerre, n~ et mort ~ Bar-Ie-Due <1834-1886), un symposium international sur IP,5 pol ynomes or thogonaw: et 1 eur-s appl i cat ions se ti endr a ~ Bar -} e-Duc (250 km a l~est de Paris) du 15 au 18 octobr"e 1984. Quoiqu'etant un symposlum mathemat i que, I es organi sateurs esp~rent que de nombreLlses communi cati ons porter-ant sur- I' hi stoi re de pol ynomes orthogonaw:. J. Oi eudonne donnera une conference sur "l"oeuvre math~matique de laguerre". Les communications ser-ont de 20 minutes sui vies de 5 minutes de disCll'5sicH1s. VOLIS pOLlvez en voyer Ie titre ainsi que Ie r"~st.tme de votre communication, avant Ie 15 avri I, a : Andre Dr-am~ U.E.R. I.E.E.A. - M3 Univec.ita de Lille I 5965~ VILLENEUVE O'ASCQ Cedex FRANCE * Iii story of Science Society In Chicago, December 27-30, contact: HSS, 2156. 34th St/D6, Univ. Philadelphia, Penn. 19104. Penn., 84.8 PRUFESSOR OF HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS UN I VERS lTV OF TORONTO Dr the Craig Fraser has been appointed professor- of history of mathematics Institute for- the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at of the University of Toronto. 84. 9 PUBLI CA TI ON FROM OUR MEMBERS T. M. THOMPSON, "From Err-or--CorTecti ng Codes Through Spher-E Packi ngs Simple Groups", Car"us Math. Monographies, no. 21, (MAi~), 1983. to