scholarly journals W. P. Thurston and French mathematics

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-81
Author(s):  
François Laudenbach ◽  
Athanase Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
French Mathematics

scholarly journals Henri Paul Cartan. 8 July 1904 — 13 August 2008

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Serre
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World War ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
French Mathematics

Henri Cartan, Professor of Mathematics in Paris, was, for many of the younger generation, the symbol of the resurgence of French mathematics after World War II. He died in 2008 at the age of 104 years.

scholarly journals 17th-Century French Mathematics

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-96
Author(s):  
Robin Wilson
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
French Mathematics

The ingénieur savant, 1800–1830 A Neglected Figure in the History of French Mathematics and Science

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Grattan-Guinness
Keyword(s):  
National Differences ◽  
Historical Figures ◽  
Research Profile ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Mathematics And Science ◽  
French Mathematics

The ArgumentThis paper deals with the achievements of those French mathematicians active in the period 1800–1830 who oriented their work specifically around the needs of engineering and technology. In addition to a review of their achievements, the principal organizations and institutions are noted, as is their importance as sources of employment and influence.The argument is centered on the word ‘neglected“ in the title. A case is made that a mass of work was produced which made considerable impact at the time but has been overlooked or even completely ignored by historians since. The paper begins with a general discussion of the notion of context, both for the historical figures and for their supposed historians, and several examples of historical distortion are given.Regarding France itself, we see a professional and research profile rather different from that in other countries. The question of national differences in the organization and prosecution of science is thereby sharply exposed.

scholarly journals Convolutions in French mathematics, 1800–1840

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
Karen Hunger Parshall
Keyword(s):  
French Mathematics
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