origins of modern mathematics, analytic geometry, the history of calculus. Also covers the transition to the twentieth century and contemporary perspectives.

For him, mathematics was a living subject endowed with a long and substantial history, but as he remarked, he saw “no need to defend (it).” In his interactions with people, André was an ...

Their efforts resolve a question set by mathematician David Hilbert in 1900 as part of an ambitious programme for all mathematicians of the 20th century – and could deepen our understanding of ...