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History of mathematics at the XVIth International Congress of the History of Science, Bucharest, Romania, August 26–September 3, 1981
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MEETINGS In this department every effort is made to publish timely announcements of future meetings, as well as reports of events and papers presented at past meetings. For this we rely on the organizers of meetings to send us announcements as early as pas sible, and on colleagues in each country to send us reports of local activities in the history of mathematics. Unnecessary duplication may be avoided by checking with the editor or the nearest member of the International Commission listed on the back cover of Historia Mathematics before submitting reports to this department.
HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS AT THE XVIth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, August 26-September 3, 1981 The history of mathematics was much in evidence during the 16th International Congress for the History of Science. Not only were five sessions devoted specifically to mathematics and mechanics, but more than fifty papers dealing with issues concerning the history of mathematics were presented in other Two mettings on specialized topics touches directly sessions. on mathematics: "Mathematics-Physics Relationships Beginning and Physics in the Arab with the 18th Century" and "Mathematics Moreover, the International Countries during the Middle Ages." Commission on the History of Mathematics, in conjunction with organized a Commemoration of the the French National Committee, 200th birthday of Denis Poisson. What follows are two reports presented at the meeting of the International Commission on the History of Mathematics, one by the Chairman of the Commission, Christoph J. Scriba, the other by Joseph W. Dauben, Editor of the Commission's quarterly journal, namely, Historia Mathematics. These are followed by a list of the papers presented in various sessions A detailed description by Pierre at the Bucharest Congress. "The Bicentenary of Denis Dugac of the special symposium, Poisson's Birth," completes this report of the activities of historians of mathematics at the XVIth International Congress of the History of Science.
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MEETINGS In this department every effort is made to publish timely announcements of future meetings, as well as reports of events and papers presented at past meetings. For this we rely on the organizers of meetings to send us announcements as early as pas sible, and on colleagues in each country to send us reports of local activities in the history of mathematics. Unnecessary duplication may be avoided by checking with the editor or the nearest member of the International Commission listed on the back cover of Historia Mathematics before submitting reports to this department.
HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS AT THE XVIth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, August 26-September 3, 1981 The history of mathematics was much in evidence during the 16th International Congress for the History of Science. Not only were five sessions devoted specifically to mathematics and mechanics, but more than fifty papers dealing with issues concerning the history of mathematics were presented in other Two mettings on specialized topics touches directly sessions. on mathematics: "Mathematics-Physics Relationships Beginning and Physics in the Arab with the 18th Century" and "Mathematics Moreover, the International Countries during the Middle Ages." Commission on the History of Mathematics, in conjunction with organized a Commemoration of the the French National Committee, 200th birthday of Denis Poisson. What follows are two reports presented at the meeting of the International Commission on the History of Mathematics, one by the Chairman of the Commission, Christoph J. Scriba, the other by Joseph W. Dauben, Editor of the Commission's quarterly journal, namely, Historia Mathematics. These are followed by a list of the papers presented in various sessions A detailed description by Pierre at the Bucharest Congress. "The Bicentenary of Denis Dugac of the special symposium, Poisson's Birth," completes this report of the activities of historians of mathematics at the XVIth International Congress of the History of Science.
0315-0860/82/020206-21$02.00/O Copyright All rights
0 1982 by Academic Press, of reproduction in any form
Inc. reserved.