Some old traditions in mathematics and in mathematical education

✍ Scribed by E.A. Galperin

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 642 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0898-1221
• DOI: 10.1016/s0898-1221(99)00055-3

✦ Synopsis

Continuing the discussion by Azbelev about the harmful influence of some classical traditions on the study of differential equations [1], this note presents further instances of old traditions and of their impact on the development of certain areas of mathematics and its applications.