What is algebra?
I will address the question “What do historians of mathematics do?” by turning to another: “What is algebra?” In answering this second question, and surveying the way that the answer changes as we move through the centuries, I will highlight some of the problems that face historians of mathematics when it comes to interpreting historical mathematics, and give a flavour of what it means to study the history of mathematics.
Date:
8 May 2017, 17:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Trinity 2017)
Venue:
Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details:
L3
Speaker:
Christopher Hollings (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Mathematical Institute
Organiser:
Christopher Hollings (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
christopher.hollings@maths.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Christopher Hollings (University of Oxford)
Part of:
What do historians of mathematics do?
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Christopher Hollings
