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Positive Thinking. Conceptions of Negative Quantities in the Netherlands and the Reception of Lacroix’s Algebra Textbook

Danny J. Beckers (2000)

Revue d'histoire des mathématiques

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The beginning of the 19th century witnessed the emergence of several new approaches to negative numbers. New notions of rigour made the 18th century conceptions of negative quantities unacceptable. This paper discusses theories of negative numbers emerging in the Netherlands in the early 19th century. Dutch mathematicians then opted for a different approach than that of their contemporaries, in Germany or France. The Dutch translation (1821) of Lacroix’s illustrates the ‘Dutch’ notion...

Mathematicians at War Power Struggles in Nazi Germany’s Mathematical Community: Gustav Doetsch and Wilhelm Süss

Volker R. Remmert (1999)

Revue d'histoire des mathématiques

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The article discusses several examples of power struggles in Nazi Germany’s mathematical community. Among them are the fate of German participation in J.E.L. Brouwer’s journal in 1934/35. Ludwig Bieberbach put an end to this participation for political reasons. Special attention is paid to developments in the (), above all to the presidency of Wilhelm Süss in the years 1937 to 1945. The pre-war years of his presidency were overshadowed by Bieberbach’s opposition to the . One of the...