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