Article ID: CBB000003003

The art and science of British algebra: A study in the perception of mathematical truth (1980)

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Description This paper investigates the origins of the concept of mathematical truth by focusing on the development of algebra in England in the early 19th century. Special consideration is given to the works of George Peacock, Augustus De Morgan, William Whewell, and John Herschel. It is argued that what seperated the early development of English alegbra from modern algebra is a fundamental difference between 19th- and 20th-century views of truth.


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Authors & Contributors
Pycior, Helena M.
Zappa, Guido
Sheynin, Oscar B.
Scholz, Erhard
Schmid, Wilfried
Panteki, M.
Journals
Historia Mathematica
Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche
Sciences et Techniques en Perspective
Rivista di Storia della Scienza
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
Publishers
Springer Nature
Birkhäuser
Cambridge University Press
Cornell University
Concepts
Algebra
Mathematics
Combinatorial number theory
Mathematicians
Determinants; matrices
Memorials; commemorations
People
Peacock, George
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Anstice, Robert Richard
Wallis, John
Sylow, Ludwig Mejdell
Ruffini, Paolo
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
20th century, early
16th century
Places
British Isles
Russia
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