9-10 November 2001
I Convegno della Societa' Italiana di Storia delle Matematiche, Modena, Dipartimento diMatematica, informazioni: Clara Silvia Roero
For details of this meetings contact the Italian Society of History of Mathematics (SISM), via C. Alberto 10, I 10123 Turin (Italy) or check their web site at
www.dm.unito.it/sism/index.html
20-23 December 2001
Delhi
The Indian Society for History of Mathematics, is planning to organise 'The First International Conference of the New Millennium on History of Mathematical Sciences' on December 20-23, 2001 at Delhi in collaboration with Ramjas College, Delhi and other national institutions. The precise academic programme and other details will be available by June 15, 2001. The conference will cover all aspects of the history of mathematical sciences, and in particular, the ancient Indian history of the subject, with a forbearance on societal needs.
The official language of the conference will be English.
Offers of papers and enquiries should be made to Professor B S Yadav , Administrative Secretary, INDIAN SOCIETY FOR HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS, Department of Mathematics, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India. E-mail: indianshm@yahoo.com Tel. (011) 707 3878
For further information about this conference contact
Professor Y. P. Sabharwal, Organising Secretary ICHMS-2001, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Ramjas College, Delhi University, Delhi-110 007 INDIA
ichm2001rjc@yahoo.com or
ypsabharwal@yahoo.com
16 February 2002
Sheffield
A one day conference organised by the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM).
The conference theme is: Resources for the Classroom.
Venue : Sheffield Hallam University, England.
Those wishing to receive further details should contact David Lingard by :
e-mail : d.lingard@shu.ac.uk or
phone : 0114 2252307 or
letter to : SHU, College House, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK.
30 May - 2 June 2002
Marrakech, Morocco
Introduction
L’organisation d’un colloque international périodique sur l’histoire des mathématiques arabes est d’ores et déjà une coutume. Six colloques ont déjà été organisés : Algérie en 1986, Tunisie en 1988, Algérie en 1990, Maroc en 1992, Tunisie 1994 et Algérie 2000.
Ces colloques ont toujours été un espace pour renforcer l’intérêt pour l’histoire des mathématiques arabes en tant que phase fondamentale dans l’histoire générale des mathématiques. Outre le fait qu’ils permettent la rencontre entre des chercheurs et des spécialistes de différents pays, ces colloques constituent une opportunité pour diffuser et faire connaître les travaux réalisés sur l’histoire des mathématiques arabes. Notamment à travers :
- la découverte, l’édition et la traduction de manuscrits importants
- la mise en valeur de la relation entre les mathématiques et les besoins sociaux et religieux de la société
- l’identification des traditions d’enseignement des mathématiques dans la civilisation arabo-islamique
- la mise en relief des liens entre mathématiques et les autres domaines de la connaissance
- la mise en évidence des contributions de l’Occident musulman, Grand Maghreb et Andalus, dans la construction de l’édifice mathématique.
C’est dans la continuité de cette tradition que le Groupe de Recherche En Didactique de l’Informatique et des Mathématiques (GREDIM) de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Marrakech organise le 7e colloque maghrébin sur l’histoire des mathématiques arabes du 30 mai au 02 juin 2002.
Par ailleurs, en plus des résultats au niveau de la recherche, ces colloques contribuent à la prise de conscience du rôle pédagogique de l’histoire des mathématiques en tant qu’outil de formation et d’enseignement. Dans le but de renforcer cette tendance, le comité d’organisation s’est permis d’adjoindre aux thèmes étudiés dans les colloques précédents une session sur l’utilisation de l’histoire des mathématiques dans leur enseignement pour ce 7e colloque.
31 octobre 2001: Date limite d’inscription
30 novembre 2001: Date limite d’envoi des résumés des communications
31 décembre 2001: Notification de l’acceptation ou de refus de la communication
01 mars 2002 : Diffusion du programme
15 avril 2002: Envoi des textes des communication
30 mai -02 juin 2002: Tenue du 7e colloque maghrébin sur l’histoire des mathématiques arabes
Conditions de participation
1. les communications doivent être originales et n’ont jamais fait l’objet de publication
2. le règlement des frais de participations qui valent 300 dirhams. Ces frais couvrent :
- l’hébergement du 29/05/2002 soir au 03/06/2002 matin.
- les repas du matin et de midi durant la période du colloque
- les actes du colloque
3. Le comité d’organisation fait des démarches auprès des organismes nationaux et internationaux pour l’obtention de subventions lui permettant la prise en charge (totale ou partielle) de voyage des participants qui présentent une communication.
Langues du colloque
Les résumés et les interventions peuvent être présentés dans l’une des langues suivantes : Arabe, Français, Anglais
Thèmes du colloque
1. Mathématiques
· Algèbre
· Géométrie
· Arithmétique
· Théorie des nombres
· Analyse combinatoire
· Trigonométrie
2. Astronomie
· Modèles planétaires
· Tables astronomiques
· Sciences du temps
· Instruments astronomiques
3. Mathématiques Appliquées
· Sciences d’héritages
· Architecture
· Optique
· Mécanique d’agréments ou utilitaires
· Astrologie
· Musique
4. Mathématiques et société
· Les manuels mathématiques
· Les infrastructures de l’enseignement
· Mathématiques et environnement culturel et idéologique
· Mathématiques et philosophie
· L’héritage mathématique pré-islamique
· La transmission des mathématiques arabes
· Mathématiques et classification des sciences
5. Session sur l’utilisation de l’histoire des mathématiques dans l’enseignement
· Rôle de l’histoire des mathématiques dans leur enseignement
· Histoire des mathématiques et formation
· Histoire des mathématiques et construction/analyse de concepts
· Histoire des mathématiques et résolution de problèmes
· Histoire des mathématiques et recherche en didactique
Correspondance :
Adresse pour courrier postal:
Ezzaim Laabid ou El Idrissi Abdellah,
ENS , B.P 2400, Marrakech, Maroc
e-mail comhisma7@ensma.ac.ma
Site ensma.ac.ma/comhisma7 (en construction)
30 May - 2 June 2002
Marrakech, Morocco
The 7th Maghrebian Symposium on the History of Arabic Mathematics, will be held at Marrakech, Morocco, from 30 May to 2 June 2002. A special session, organized with the collaboration of the HPM group, will be reserved to the history and pedagogy of mathematics.
For details translate the French text above.
Syposium themes
* Mathematics
* Astronomy
* Applied Mathematics
* Mathematics and Society
* History and Pedagogy of Mathematics
For more details, see or contact
www.ensma.ac.ma/comhisma7
e-mail: comhisma7@ensma.ac.ma
3-8 June 2002
Oslo
The year 2002 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Niels Henrik Abel, 1802-1829. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, The Norwegian Mathematical Society and The Norwegian Mathematical Council with support from the International Mathematical Union and the European Mathematical Society, have taken the initiative to commemorate this event by inviting the international mathematical community to the Abel Bicentennial Conference 2002 to be held at the University of Oslo from Monday, June 3, to Saturday, June 8, 2002.
The Conference will present an overview of the mathematical heritage of Niels Henrik Abel and, based upon this heritage, identify new mathematical trends for the 21st century.
Check it out at
www.math.uio.no/abel/
2nd international conference on the teaching of mathematics (at the undergraduate level)
1-6 July 2002
Chersonisos, Crete, Greece,
Among the conferences themes there is “History of mathematics in curricula innovations”. One of the 4 panels is titled “On the role of the history of mathematics in mathematics education” (The presentation of the panel is below). In this conference a section will be organized in collaboration with HPM. Also there will be a meeting of the members of HPM.
Panels “On the role of the history of mathematics in mathematics education”
In the recent years important works on the relationship between history and mathematics education have appeared: the proceedings of the European Summer University (held in 1993, 1996, and 1999), the two books originated by the satellite meeting of HPM (1996 editor R. Calinger, and 2000 editor V. Katz), the ICMI Study book edited by J. Fauvel and J. van Maanen. Journals for mathematics teachers have published special issues on the history of mathematics in mathematics teaching (e.g. Mathematics in school in 1998 and Mathematics teacher in 2000). The re-born newsletter of HPM (International Study Group on the Relations between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics) is becoming (we hope) a forum where piece of information and ideas are shared.
These materials and the experiments carried out all over the world make possible to go further in the discussion about the role of the history of mathematics in mathematics teaching. In the recent discussions a word is appearing frequently: integration [of history in mathematics teaching]. Which ideas are behind this word? The main idea is that of using history as a mediator to pursue the objectives of mathematics education. This means to develop an analysis of these objectives together with the study of the concepts in history. This work has to be carried out by educators and historians in a collaborative way. Among the benefits we’ll have from it there is the new perspective offered by history to consider students’ difficulties in learning mathematics. To make teachers active actors in this process we need to give a convenient place to the history of mathematics in pre-service and in-service teacher education.
The Conference aims to bring together university teachers of mathematics committed to introducing innovative teaching methods and researchers in mathematics education. The conference plenary talks, panels, paper presentations and workshops will be centred on the following themes:
Educational research: Results of current research in mathematics education and the assessment of student learning. Access and equity.
Technology: Effective integration of computing technology (Calculators, Computer Algebra Systems, WWW resources) into the undergraduate curriculum
Innovative teaching methods: Innovative ways of teaching undergraduate mathematics, such as cooperative and collaborative teaching. Writing in mathematics; laboratory courses.
Curricula innovations: Revisions of specific courses and assessment of the results. History of mathematics; innovative applications; project driven curricula.
Preparation of teachers: Trends in teacher education. In-service teacher training. Changing needs of teachers.
Mathematics and other disciplines: The effects of changes in the teaching of mathematics on other fields and vice versa. The needs of client disciplines; interdisciplinary courses.
Distance learning: Distance learning technologies (networking, tele-education) for teaching and learning mathematics. Current hardware and software delivery media; educational materials. Visions for the future.
The invited speakers will be:
· Hyman Bass and Deborah Ball, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
· Jean Pierre Bourguignon, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France
· Miguel De Guzman, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
· Oh Nam Kwon, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea
· Joanna Mamona-Downs, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
· Verdiana Masanja, University of Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania
· Alan H. Schoenfeld, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
· Man Keung Siu, University of Hong Kong, China
· Dave Smith, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
· Tosun Terzioglu, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
The organisers of the Conference are
· Ignatios Vakalis (Capital University, USA, chair),
· Deborah Hughes Hallet (University of Arizona, USA),
· Christos Kourouniotis (University of Crete, Greece),
· Constantinos Tzanakis (University of Crete, Greece).
The deadline for electronic submission of abstracts for presentations at the Conference is 10 November 2001, and for early registration to the Conference 31 January 2002.
More information can be found on the web
http://www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2
or by contacting
Ignatios Vakalis (ivakalis@capital.edu) or
Christos Kourouniotis (chrisk@math.uoc.gr).
information http://www.math.uoc.gr/˜ictm2
In the conference a section will be organized in collaboration with HPM. Also there will be a meeting of the members of HPM.
24-27 July 24 2002
Kyoto, Japan
The conference is composed of 6 sessions.
• Keynote plenary lectures
• Researches on mathematics education
• Researches on cultural history of mathematics and history of mathematics
• Researches on the role of informatics
• Celebrating the 80th birthday of Prof. Yokochi
• Forum on recent education in China
Any participant has a chance of presenting their work by oral presentation or distributing their paper at parallel sessions through the acceptance of the organising committee. The deadline for papers is November 30 2001
The official language of the conference is English.
For more information contact:
Masahiko Suzuki
Department of Mathematics
Osaka Kyoiku University
Asahigaoka, Kashiwara, Osaka
JAPAN 582-8582
Geometry and Mathematics Competitions
August 4-11 2001
Melbourne, Australia
The Fourth Congress of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC Congress-4)
You are invited to participate in the above event. The topics expected include the following.
Interesting applications of geometry
New fields in geometry
History of problems in geometry.
Please send the title and an abstract of each proposal, as soon as possible, no later than January 15, 2002.
The address that you may contact or send your proposals to, is:
Ali Rejali
School of Mathematical Sciences
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, 84156, IRAN
Email: a_rejali@cc.iut.ac.ir
9-12 August 2002
Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
Symposium themes are:
1) Mathematics of using Chinese characters: Transformation from traditional mathematics to modern mathematics
2) Studies on the history of mathematics of Korea and Viet Nam
3) Exchange and comparison between mathematics of using Chinese characters and mathematics of India and Arab
4) Mathematical education of using Chinese characters: A comparative approach.
For more information, contact:
Organizing Committee of the 5th ISHME
c/o Xu Zelin
Department of mathematics
Tianjin Normal University
Tianjin, P.R.CHINA, 300074
e-mail: zelinxu@eyou.com
Website: duheng.qzone.com/ISHME
August 15-18 2002
Xi’an, China
The ICM-2002 (International Conference of Mathematicians) will be held in Beijing on August 20-28 2002. Some 30 satellite conferences on various topics of mathematics will be held outside Beijing. The Northwest University will hold such a conference on the History of Mathematics.
Topics
• Transmission and transformation of mathematics: east and west
• Mathematical thought on the 20th century
• Mathematics in China and neighboring countries and mathematics in Islamic countries
The official language of the conference is English or Chinese.
31 December 2001 is the deadline for the first receipt.
Contact:
Anjing Qu, Jianjun Liu at
Centre for the History of Mathematics and Sciences, Northwest University,
Xi’an 710069, P. R. China
E-mail hs@nwu.edu.cn
Website http://hismath.go.163.com
Announcement
In the last day of the third European Summer University on History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education held in Louvain-La-Neuve, Leuven (Belgium) it was announced that the fourth University would have been organized in 2002 by our colleagues of Strasbourg (France) and Heidelberg (Germany). Unfortunately they have written to me they are not able to accomplish this task. I think that all of us are sad about this news because since the first edition of the University in 1993 it was created a tradition of sharing ideas and experience among teachers and researchers. Participants came all over the world, especially in 1996 when the satellite meeting of HPM was organized jointly with University. The proceedings of those meeting are a precious reference point for HPM members.
The University was also an important occasion to discuss the development of HPM group and general business of organization. In order to keep members of HPM involved in all these problems I have asked to the organizers of the Colloque Maghrébin sur l’Histoire des Mathématiques Arabes (30 May - 2 Jun 2002) and of the 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics (Crete, 1-6 July 2002) to have a section organized in collaboration with HPM and to have a meeting among the members of HPM participating in the conference. I hope I’ll meet a lot of you.
Fulvia Furinghetti
The North American Sundial Society is in the process of reprinting some old and rare works on dialling. As mathematicians wrote these works they are of interest to the readers of the HPM Newsletter. It is an opportunity to acquire them at a very reasonable cost.
I. Samuel Foster. The art of dialling; by a new, easie, and most speedy way. 1638.
II. Samuel Foster. The description of a ruler, Upon which is described divers scales: and the vses thereof: 1652.
III. William Emerson. Dialling. or the art of drawing dials, on all sorts of planes whatsoever. in three parts. 1770.
IIII. Gilbert Clerke. The Spot-Dial 1687.
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