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Abrougui-Hattab H. (1998) La démonstration en géométrie dans l'enseignement mathématique secondaire tunisien. Thèse. Grenoble : Université Joseph Fourier. |
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Delahaye J.-P. (1998) Certitudes sans démonstration ? Pour la Science 249, 100-105 |
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Akihori Kanamori (Guest editor) (1997) Proof and Progress in Mathematics. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, vol III, 2, May 1997. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISSN 0039-7857, pp. 131-210. |
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La démonstration en géométrie dans l'enseignement secondaire tunisien par Hanène Abrougui-Hattab Equipe EIAH Laboratoire Leibniz, Grenoble |
by E. Roy Weintraub and Philip Mirowski |
Cette thèse a pour objectif d'étudier les problèmes d'enseignement de la démonstration, en Tunisie. L'étude est organisée autour de quatre pôles : la formulation mathématique, le dessin, l'explication de la règle de substitution et la strucuture de l'enchaînement de la solution. Trois axes de recherche sont présentés : étude de choix curriculaires, analyse des exigences des enseignants, étude des types d'explication proposées par les élèves à propos du passage d'une hypothèse à une conclusion dans un pas de démonstration. Salle François Jaeger Laboratoire Leibniz 44 avenue Félix Viallet, Grenoble Renseignements : Colette Laborde |
This paper appeared in a slightly different form in Science in Context in volume 7, number 2, 1994, pages 245-272. That journal is published by The Cambridge University Press, which is the copyright holder of record. Abstract : In the minds of
many, the Bourbakist trend in mathematics was characterized
by pursuit of rigor to the detriment of concern for
applications or didactic concessions to the non-
mathematician, which would seem to render the concept of a
Bourbakist incursion into a field of applied mathematics an
oxymoron. We argue that such a conjuncture did in fact
happen in postwar mathematical economics, and describe the
career of Gerard Debreu in order to illustrate how it
happened. Using the work of Leo Corry on the fate of the
Bourbakist program in mathematics, we demonstrate that many
of the same problems of the search for a formal structure
with which to ground mathematical practice also happened in
the case of Debreu. We view this case study as an
alternative exemplar to conventional discussions concerning
the "unreasonable effectiveness" of mathematics in
science. |
by Verena Huber-Dyson |
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This on-line paper may provide the reader a new view on a classical question which is at the core of research on mathematics education. |
Pythagoras' theorem |
The title could have been, On the nature of mathematical truth, a permanent question for the reader of the proof newsletter... This paper was also my starting point for the discovery of the Edge Third Culture website. I recommend it to the reader. (NB) |
Click on "Web" and discover a Java applet presenting an interactive proof of Pythagoras theorem. This Java applet was written by Jim Morey, it won grand prize in Sun Microsystem's Java programming contest in the Summer of 1995. |
The National Organizing Committee for the 9th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME9) on behalf of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI), is pleased to announce that ICME9 will be held in Tokyo/Makuhari, Japan, from July 31 to August 6, 2000. Makuhari is located between the center of Tokyo and Tokyo International Airport (Narita). E-mail: |
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In the programme preview one will notice a Topic Study Group (TSG) on proof : be ready... pre-register ! Send the following information to the ICME9 secretariat : Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms. |
Tigre
est un logiciel d'aide à l'apprentissage de la
démonstration en géométrie, au niveau
collège, développé par Dominique
Py. Il comprend: un logiciel
élève (Tigre), un logiciel professeur
(TigreP), une base de théorèmes et une base
d'exercices. Tigre peut être librement
diffusé, recopié et utilisé à
des fins d'enseignement et de recherche, en dehors de toute
exploitation commerciale. This
is the text of a talk to a MESA In a booklet published in 1611, J. Kepler described the
arrangement of equal spheres into the familiar cannonball
arrangement. He asserted that Thomas Hales and Samuel Ferguson claim to have proved the
Kepler Conjecture, that no packing of equal-sized spheres in
space can have greater density than that of the
face-centered-cubic packing. The
full proof is included in postscript format, as well as some
background, history, popular and academic
articles, a link to the "serious stuff" for discrete
geometers who wish to check the technical details of the
solution, and links to the software used.
by
O. Bradley Bassler
Cliquer sur le Tigre pour en savoir
plus...
(Mathematics Education Student Association) colloquium
at the University of Georgia (Department
of Mathematics Education) on November 12, 1997.
In this paper the
author suggests "an alternative view of calculation which
would not be restricted to 'effective' or 'mechanical'
calculation, but which may or may not encompass all
varieties of 'machine calculation'."
Jim
Wilson site
The
Kepler Conjecture
31 August 1998, Vol.3, No.35
by
Thomas C. Hales, Samuel P. Ferguson
"The packing will be the tightest possible, so
that in no other arrangement could more pellets be
stuffed into the same container."
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