Zagier, Don (2023) Speculations in the history of mathematics. In: Arithmetic, algebra, and their relation to geometry: A global/inclusive approach, August 21 - 25, 2023, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), Seoul. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
The aim of this talk, which will be unashamedly presentistic/antihistorical/anachronistic, is to present some speculations of a present-day mathematician on what may have been in the minds of his "colleagues" from earlier centuries. I will discuss a number of instances, ranging from Greek mathematics and the Bible via Seki and Takebe in 17th century Japan to Galois and Ramanujan in the more recent past, where I would like to present possibly interesting (and surely unprovable) ideas about what may have been the invisible or even subconscious background of certain mathematical discoveries or assertions. So I will take full advantage of the fact that I am not a historian and that the lecture is advertised as a mathematical one.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Keynote) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | 0 General / foundations > 01-XX History and biography |
| Divisions: | Research > Talks |
| Depositing User: | Axel Roenn |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2023 10:11 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 08:21 |
| URI: | https://archive.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/id/eprint/4915 |
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