BSHM Research in Progress 2023

The British Society for the History of Mathematics:promotes and encourages research into the history of mathematics and disseminates the results of that research;develops awareness of the history of mathematics for the public benefit; andsupports teachers and lecturers at all levels of mathematics education to incorporate the history of mathematics into their teaching, enriching their students’ experience.

British Society for the History of Mathematics

An annual meeting of the British Society for the History of Mathematics for research students to present their work in progress.

The Queen's College

Research in Progress is an annual meeting of the British Society for the History of Mathematics. It provides an opportunity for research students in any area of the history of mathematics to present their work to a friendly and supportive audience.If you would like to register and pay online, please use this page to do so. If you would prefer to pay the registration fee by cash or cheque on the day of the meeting, please <a href="http://www.bshm.ac.uk/node/60" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">contact the organisers</a> to register your intention to attend (for catering purposes).Registration fees include lunch and refreshments. If you have any special dietary requirements, please specify them when booking.PROGRAMME10:00–10:20 Registration10:20–10:30 Welcome10:30–11:00 KATE HINDLE University of St Andrews, Ancient Greek Impact on D’Arcy Thompson’s Mathematics11:00–11:30 PARISA KHARAZMI Universidade de Aveiro, The Heptagonal Triangle: On the Crossroads of Constructive and Algebraic Geometry11:30–12:00 Refreshment break12:00–12:30 MIREIA MARTINEZ I SELLARES Utrecht University, Affinities and Discrepancies: Euler and Möbius on Affine Figures12:30–13:00 MEGAN BRIERS University of Cambridge, The Value of Women as Observers in the 1870 Eclipse Expedition13:00–14:00 Lunch in the Magrath Room14:00–14:30 TOM HEDLEY Trinity College Dublin, Transforming Empty Spaces: Modern Mathematics, Metamorphosis and “die neue Frau” in Mela Hartwig’s Bin ich ein ü​berflussiger Mensch? (1931)14:30–15:00 ATLE BJARNE HÖHNE Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Big Mathematics: CFSG and the Discovery of the Modern Sporadic Simple Groups15:00–15:15 Comfort break15:15–15:30 ZAKKAI GORIELY, University of Oxford (BSHM Undergraduate Essay Prizewinner), British Mathematical Reformers in the Nineteenth Century: Motivations and Methods15:30–15:45 PATRICK BURCHELL Birkbeck University of London, Archimedes: On the Equilibrium of Planes15:45–16:00 HOLLY MIDDLETON-SPENCER University of Newcastle, Circulation of Mathematics in French Salons16:00–16:15 EMMA BAXTER University of St Andrews, Soviet Mathematics Textbooks as a Reflection of 1930s Stalinist Culture16:15–16:45 Refreshment break16:45–17:45 ISOBEL FALCONER University of St Andrews, Invited lecture: The Development of Curve Plotting: The case of J. D. Forbes (1809–1868)17:45 Close of meetingIf you are concerned that there may be barriers to your taking part in this day, please <a href="http://www.bshm.ac.uk/node/60" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">contact the organisers</a>

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