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Título: | The repercussion of José Anastácio da Cunha in Britain and USA in the nineteenth century |
Autor(es): | Domingues, João Caramalho |
Palavras-chave: | José Anastácio da Cunha Euclidean geometry Theory of proportions British mathematics |
Data: | 2014 |
Editora: | Taylor & Francis |
Revista: | BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics |
Resumo(s): | José Anastácio da Cunha (1744–1787) is usually recognized as one of the most important Portuguese mathematicians ever. Nevertheless, his work does not seem to have had much repercussion abroad. His Principios mathematicos (Lisbon, 1790) were translated into French, but with very limited impact. However, thanks to a review by John Playfair, an English textbook by John Radford Young featured a proof by Anastácio da Cunha (of a proposition on parallels) and a definition of proportion influenced by the one used by Cunha. This proof on parallels also made its way to an American textbook by Benjamin Greenleaf. Young’s and Greenleaf’s are, so far, the only known cases of actual use (instead of mere reference to) of Cunha’s work outside Portugal. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
Descrição: | Author’s Accepted Manuscript. Available online 06 Nov 2013 at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2013.802111 |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/26424 |
DOI: | 10.1080/17498430.2013.802111 |
ISSN: | 1749-8430 1749-8341 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | CMAT - Artigos em revistas com arbitragem / Papers in peer review journals |
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JAC_GB+US_BSHM_AAM.pdf | Documento principal | 464,93 kB | Adobe PDF | Ver/Abrir |