The workshop intends to propose didactic paths that use materials derived from pri-mary historical sources, accessible to secondary school students, integrated with labor-atory activities. Its focus is the history of mathematics in Italy, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The workshop is divided into four parts: 1. The dissemination of infinitesimal calculus in Italy, by comparing two different approaches, the Leibnizian paradigm of the “differentials” and the Newtonian concep-tualization of the “ultimate ratios of vanishing quantities”. 2. The science of waters as the main field of applied mathematics. 3. Re-launching Italian education and research after political unification. 4. The geometry of paper folding and the resolution of problems of third degree.
Starting from the History of Mathematics in Late Modern Italy (XVIII-XX centuries): from primary sources to mathematical concepts
Lugaresi M.
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2023
Abstract
The workshop intends to propose didactic paths that use materials derived from pri-mary historical sources, accessible to secondary school students, integrated with labor-atory activities. Its focus is the history of mathematics in Italy, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The workshop is divided into four parts: 1. The dissemination of infinitesimal calculus in Italy, by comparing two different approaches, the Leibnizian paradigm of the “differentials” and the Newtonian concep-tualization of the “ultimate ratios of vanishing quantities”. 2. The science of waters as the main field of applied mathematics. 3. Re-launching Italian education and research after political unification. 4. The geometry of paper folding and the resolution of problems of third degree.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
