International Study Group on the Relations Between

HISTORY and PEDAGOGY of MATHEMATICS NEWSLETTER

An Affiliate of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction: No. 49, March 2002

Message from our Chairperson
To the members of HPM,

I hope that our Newsletter is reaching all the people involved and/or interested in the subject of HPM and also that it answers your expectations. We have now new regional contacts: thanks to all of them.

I’m looking back to the first issue and I’m checking which of the promises I wrote in my address have been kept. Things have changed a bit because I miss the wise presence of John and I now have new responsibilities in my academic work, nevertheless I would like to look at the positive things:

• The newsletter is appearing regularly. About this I have to say to Peter "Thanks for existing". Without our editor Peter Ransom this enterprise would not be possible. As you know the numeration of the issues does not include the number 45 (the editor explained the reason). As researcher in the field of mathematical journals I’m happy to offer matter of study and disputes to the researchers of 22nd century onwards about the ‘missing’ issue.

• Once again I ask you to send contributions, pieces of information, suggestions. In particular we like to know if there are any local initiatives (conferences, seminars) on the subject about which we are concerned. We need to know things in advance in order to inform our readers.

• As announced in the newsletter in 2002 there are conferences (in mathematics education and in history of mathematics) where HPM members will participate (among others: Morocco conference and Abel conference in June, Crete conference in July). This will offer occasions for meetings to replace the European Summer University that was not possible to organise. The proceedings of all these conferences will offer a document on how research in our field is proceeding.

• As announced in the newsletter in 2002 there are conferences (in mathematics education and in history of mathematics) where HPM members will participate (among others: Morocco conference and Abel conference in June, Crete conference in July). This will offer occasions for meetings to replace the European Summer University that was not possible to organise. The proceedings of all these conferences will offer a document on how research in our field is proceeding.

• As announced in the newsletter in 2002 there are conferences (in mathematics education and in history of mathematics) where HPM members will participate (among others: Morocco conference and Abel conference in June, Crete conference in July). This will offer occasions for meetings to replace the European Summer University that was not possible to organise. The proceedings of all these conferences will offer a document on how research in our field is proceeding.

• The Newsletter is not enough to make strong and fruitful contacts among researchers. We are working to have our own site. I heartily thank Karen Dee Michalowicz who managed to host us in the HPM America web site, which is now again alive.

• I would like to have a logo for our Group; thus I launch among the readers a logo competition. It has to be simple enough for the computer to cope. An idea could be to use ancient letters H, P, M appearing in old books.
  Fulvia Furinghetti
  

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