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.
Upcoming Events
Fri 9 September 2022 to Sat 10 September 2022
University of Durham
Announcements & Blogs
Announcement
Post date: Tue 12 July 2022 - 19.40
From our Twitter feed
August 7
Gábor Szegő (1895-1985) worked in the area of extremal problems and Toeplitz matrices, died 7 Aug https://t.co/FmBwjNpcGF
August 6
Antoine Arnauld, The Great Arnauld (1612-1694) published some important works on logic and philosophy, died 6 Aug https://t.co/6FvterodWG
August 5
RT @snezanalawrence: The Abel prize, awarded annually for outstanding contribution to mathematics (something like a Nobel Prize for math… https://t.co/31HmafyVsF
August 5
Niels Abel (1802-1829) proved impossibility of solving algebraically the general equation of the 5th degree, born 5… https://t.co/vQNfSOjbQm
August 4
William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) discovered quaternions, the first noncommutative algebra to be studied, born 4 A… https://t.co/K1MUmYpnph