Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics

Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/
Société canadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques
Outline of Talks Presented at 1977 Annual Meeting
Held in Conjunction with Canadian Mathematical Congress
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Invited Address:
J. Dieudonné, “Recent History of the Theory of Linear Partial Differential Equations”
Contributed Papers:
H. N. Gupta (University of Regina), “Treatment of logarithmic and exponential functions
in the 19th and 20th century textbooks on calculus”
P. C. Enros (University of Toronto), “The decline of the mathematic sciences in early 19th
century England”
M. P. Closs (Ottawa University), “The Maya Zero”
J. G. Dhombres (Université de Nantes et University of Ottawa), “Le statut des nombres
réels d’Euclide à Cantor”
L. Charbonneau (University of Toronto), “Le role de la physique el de la géométrie dans
le processus de la découverte de la série de Fourier par Fourier”