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Introduction of Analytical Method to Britain and British Mathematical Development in Nineteenth Century (19세기 초 영국의 해석적 방식의 도입과 이후 영국 수학의 발전 : 19세기 초 케임브리지 대학의 '해석학회'의 의의와 그 한계)

  • Cho, Su-Nam
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.17-32
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    • 2007

  • In this paper, I review the origins, activities, and influences on the future mathematical development of the Analytical Society of Cambridge. The story of the late 18th century Scotland mathematicians and the early 19th century Cambridge mathematician such as Woodhouse, and the Analytical Society's history show that the Analytical Society wasn't a completely new and reformative meeting. This article reveals that the new analytical studies developed characteristically in Britain's specific intellectual and social context of the late 18th century and the early 19th century.

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