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Changing Mathematical Cultures, Conceptual History, and the Circulation of Knowledge A Case Study Based on Mathematical Sources from Ancient China

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By Karine Chemla, Karine Chemla, Evelyn Fox Keller
Published: 17 March 2017
DOI: 10.1215/9780822373094-015
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7309-4
... This chapter is devoted to the conceptual history of “quadratic equation” in China between the first and the eleventh centuries. It argues that conceptual history must rely on a description of how practitioners worked with various elements in their mathematical activity—here mainly problems...
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By Karine Chemla, Evelyn Fox Keller
Published: 17 March 2017
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What Is at Stake?

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By Karine Chemla, Evelyn Fox Keller
Published: 17 March 2017
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7309-4
... Is at Stake? Évariste Galois theory of equations mathematical textbooks cultural identity essentialism universalism Eurocentric hegemony family resemblances history of mathematics in China algebraic equations epistemological cultures mathematical practice mathematical operation ...