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... history of mathematics in China algebraic equations epistemological cultures mathematical practice mathematical operation ...

..., algorithms, computational tools, and diagrams. The uses of these elements establish connections among them, forming complexes of practices to which the author refers as “mathematical cultures.” She argues that describing the mathematical cultures in the context in which practitioners actually operated...

... to which the author refers as “mathematical cultures.” She argues that describing the mathematical cultures in the context in which practitioners actually operated provides essential tools for interpreting sources. The author identifies different mathematical cultures in China during the time span...

... This chapter explores questions about the social and cultural aspects of the making and the reading of a scientific theory. What is a mathematical proof? What does it mean to understand a mathematical work? To shed light on these questions, this chapter compares Évariste Galois’s memoir and some...

... of public demonstrations operating at the EC level and, more generally, throughout the industrial world. This chapter presents a category of “mathematical style,” drawing inspiration from a paper by the mathematician Claude Chevalley published in 1935 in the Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale...