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The history and philosophy of mathematics
Histoire et philosophie des mathématiques
Published on Thursday, December 15, 2016
Abstract
The seminar is the meeting point between different SPHERE (Science, philosophie, histoire) teams that are interested in mathematics. It fosters dialogue between philosophers and historians of mathematics while focusing on textual sources. Speakers are encouraged to make their sources available to the participants.
Announcement
Coordination
- Simon Decaens,
- Emmylou Haffner,
- Eleonora Sammarchi,
(Univ. Paris Diderot & SPHERE)
Argument
The seminar is the meeting point between different SPHERE teams that are interested in mathematics. It fosters dialogue between philosophers and historians of mathematics while focusing on textual sources. Speakers are encouraged to make their sources available to the participants.
Abstracts are online.
Program
Sessions on Mondays, 9:30–17:00, Room Klimt, 366A. Building Condorcet, Université Paris 7 Diderot, 4 rue Elsa Morante, 75013 Paris*
Oct. 3 (9:30–13:00) On works of Grothendieck
- Fernando Zalamea (Université Nationale de Colombie)Une vue du Résumé de Grothendieck à partir du système de création des Portes sur l’univers.
- Brice Halimi (Univ. Paris Ouest Nanterre, IREPH, & SPHERE) Descente et contexte
Nov. 14. A critical approach of the opposition between "real numbers" and "abstract numbers" points anthropological, historical, and educational
Session organised by Christine Proust & Eric Vandendriessche
- Danièle Dehouve (CNRS, LESC) Le nombre abstrait et les opérations de classification : réflexions à propos des Aztèques
- Eric Vandendriessche (CNRS, SPHERE)Qu’est-ce que les numérations utilisées dans les sociétés dites «primitives» ont de «concret» ?
- 14:00 – 15:30 Christine Proust (CNRS, SPHERE) Nombres concrets et nombres abstraits : une construction historiographique ? Le cas des mathématiques cunéiformes
- 14:00 – 15:30 Christine Chambris (LDAR & Université de Cergy-Pontoise) Enseigner les nombres à l’école élémentaire sans les nombres concrets ?
Dec. 5. Additive and subtractive numbers/quantities from the ancient world to the classical period
Session organised by Matthieu Husson
- 9:30–10:30 Eleonora Sammarchi (Université Paris Diderot, SPHERE) Additive and subtractive quantities in the arithmetics of unknowns: some considerations on al-Zanjanī’s algebra.
- 10:15–11:45 Agathe Keller (CNRS, SPHERE)Understanding “positives” and “negatives” in Kṛṣṇa Daivajña’s Bījapallava (ca 1600-1625)
- 12:00–13:00 Karine Chemla (CNRS, SPHERE) Positive and negative in China, 1st—13th century CE: From algorithmic marks to numbers.
- 14:30–15:30 Matthieu Husson (CNRS, SYRTE-Observatoire de Paris) How many? The diversity of numbers and quantities featuring mention of additive/subtractive or excess/default in John of Murs astronomical and algebraic works
- 15:45–16:45 Christine Proust (CNRS, SPHERE) Excess and default in cuneiform texts.
Feb. 20, 2017 (tbc) On Kosmos of von Humboldt
Session organised by Agathe Keller 5CNRS, SPHERE) & Yvahn Smadja (Univ. Paris Diderot, SPHERE)
March 13. Small variations in the series of problems
Session organised by Charlotte De Varent
- 9:30 – 11:00 Alain Bernard (UPEC-ESPE & Centre Koyré) Variations choisies dans les problèmes des Arithmétiques de Diophante.
- 11:30 – 13:00 Charlotte de Varent (Univ. Paris Diderot, SPHERE & LDAR) Variations numériques l’évaluation de surfaces - école des scribes de Nippur (période Paléo-Babylonienne).
- 14:00 – 15:30 Katalin Gosztonyi (Université Eötvös Loránd, Budapest) Séries de problèmes de combinatoire dans les manuels scolaires et livres de professeur hongrois de T. Varga (1978).
- Répondant : P. Crozet (SPHERE), M.-J. Perrin et/ou C. Chambris (à confirmer)
April 24. Links between arithmetics and geometry at Modern Age
Session organised by Sébastien Maronne (IMT, univ. de Toulouse, & SPHERE)
Speakers: C. Goldstein (IMJ Jussieu-Paris Rive gauche) (tbc), D. Descotes (Université Blaise Pascal) (tbc), D. Rabouin (CNRS, SPHERE)
May 29. Instruments and theory on geometry
Session organised by Davide Crippa
Speakers:
- Dominique Tournès (Université de la Réunion, LIM & SPHERE),
- Davide Crippa,
- Pietro Milici
June 12 (half-day)On transcendental numbers
Session organised by Simon Decaens (Univ. Paris Diderot, SPHERE & LDAR)
Practical information
Webpage of the seminar: http://www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/spip.php?article797
VENUE: Metro: Line 14, RER C, "Bibliothèque François Mitterrand".
Subjects
- Science studies (Main category)
- Society > Science studies > History of science
- Mind and language > Thought > Philosophy
- Mind and language > Thought > Intellectual history
- Society > Science studies > Philosophy of science
Places
- Salle Klimt, 366A, bâtiment Condorcet, - Université Paris Diderot, 4 rue Elsa Morante
Paris, France (75013)
Date(s)
- Monday, October 03, 2016
- Monday, November 14, 2016
- Monday, December 05, 2016
- Monday, February 20, 2017
- Monday, March 13, 2017
- Monday, April 24, 2017
- Monday, May 29, 2017
- Monday, June 12, 2017
Attached files
Keywords
- Diophante, von Humboldt, John of Murs, cuneiform mathematics, Bījapallava, al-Zanjanī’s algebra, Grothendieck, algèbre
Contact(s)
- Nad Fachard
courriel : nad [dot] fachard [at] univ-paris-diderot [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Nad Fachard
courriel : nad [dot] fachard [at] univ-paris-diderot [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« The history and philosophy of mathematics », Seminar, Calenda, Published on Thursday, December 15, 2016, https://calenda.org/388508