Stenhouse, Brigitte
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2019.12.001 |
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Abstract
In 1831, with the publication of her translation of Laplace’s <i>Mecanique Celeste</i>, Mary Somerville (1780--1872) solidified her reputation throughout Western Europe as a highly proficient mathematician, and an expert in `French analysis’. To shed light on her preliminary studies, we here examine Somerville’s earliest known mathematical work, namely her published and unpublished solutions to questions posed in the <i>New Series of the Mathematical Repository<i>, alongside her contemporary correspondence with mathematicians John and William Wallace. These submissions demonstrate her active engagement in the circulation of the differential calculus twenty years earlier than previously appreciated.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2019 Elsevier Inc |
| ISSN: | 0315-0860 |
| Keywords: | Mary Somerville; Differential Calculus; nineteenth century |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Item ID: | 68466 |
| Depositing User: | Brigitte Stenhouse |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2019 11:16 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2020 05:39 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/68466 |
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