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Communicating mathematics in Europe
Tập 5 - Trang 223-230 - 2017
This article is the second in a series on the communication of mathematics in
Europe. In this second instalment Andrea Capozucca visits with Alex Bellos. Some
of the topics covered in the interview with Bellos are how to use storytelling
for an effective communication, what maths stories are worth telling, the
importance of the new mass-media in maths communication, past, present and
future projec...
Luigi Fantappiè: mathematical analysis, education, and fascism in Brazil (1934–1939)
Tập 6 Số 3 - Trang 153-159 - 2018
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam model: the birth of numerical simulation
Tập 4 - Trang 41-48 - 2016
In May 1955 the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory published the technical report
“Studies of nonlinear problems” by E. Fermi, J. Pasta and S. Ulam in which, for
the first time, a computer was used to perform an experiment through numerical
simulations. The present paper surveys the history of the experiment, its
unexpected outcomes, such as the so-called FPU paradox, and the related studies
by some...
Mathematics in the social sciences: reflections on the theory of social choice and welfare
Tập 3 - Trang 101-109 - 2015
This note concerns what mathematics can and cannot be expected to contribute to
the social sciences and contrasts this with the contribution of mathematics to
the natural sciences. Our attention is restricted to what will be termed the
Central problem of social choice and welfare. Our development will be informal
and space limitations will force us to gloss over a number of important
questions. We...