Titre :

Doing Mathematics on the ENIAC. Von Neumann’s and Lehmer’s different visions.

Auteur(s) :

De Mol, Liesbeth [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Éditeur(s) ou directeur(s) scientifique(s) :

Logos Verlag

Titre de l’ouvrage :

Mathematical Practice & Development throughout History. Proceedings of the 18th Novembertagung on the History, Philosophy and Didactics of Mathematics

Lieu de publication :

Berlin

Date de publication :

2009

Discipline(s) HAL :

Informatique [cs]/Ordinateur et société [cs.CY]

Résumé en anglais : [en]

In this paper we will study the impact of the computer on mathematics and its practice from a historical point of view. We will look at what kind of mathematical problems were implemented on early electronic computing ...
Lire la suite >In this paper we will study the impact of the computer on mathematics and its practice from a historical point of view. We will look at what kind of mathematical problems were implemented on early electronic computing machines and how these implementations were perceived. By doing so, we want to stress that the computer was in fact, from its very beginning, conceived as a mathematical instrument per se, thus situating the contemporary usage of the computer in mathematics in its proper historical background. We will focus on the work by two computer pioneers: Derrick H. Lehmer and John von Neumann. They were both involved with the ENIAC and had strong opinions about how these new machines might influence (theoretical and applied) mathematics.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163

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