Welcome to the British Society for the History of Mathematics
Welcome to the British Society for the History of Mathematics
The British Society for the History of Mathematics:
- promotes and encourages research into the history of mathematics and the dissemination of the results of that research;
- develops awareness of the history of mathematics for the public benefit; and
- supports teachers and lecturers at all levels of mathematics education to incorporate the history of mathematics into their teaching, enriching their students' experience.
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October 5
Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) worked to "free calculus from the concept of the infinitesimal", born on 5 Oct https://t.co/4Phhw4fzGK
October 4
Wilhelm Weber (1804-1891) worked in electrodynamics and the electrical structure of matter, born 4 Oct https://t.co/XmuEK5Dxor
October 3
RT @snezanalawrence: Édouard Lucas, who #dotd in 1891 worked in number theory and came up with number sequence that now bears his name:… https://t.co/zrQYu46PkZ
October 3
Édouard Lucas (1842-1891) studied the Fibonacci sequence, devised a test for Mersenne primes, died 3 Oct https://t.co/BUWsCONedp
October 2
François Arago (1786-1853) made important discoveries on the wave theory of light, died 2 Oct https://t.co/25GMGAO1TM