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Stenhouse, Brigitte
(2020).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2019.12.001
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on her preliminary studies, we here examine Somerville’s earliest known mathematical work, namely her published and unpublished solutions to questions posed in the 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.
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- Item ORO ID
- 68466
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0315-0860
- Keywords
- Mary Somerville; Differential Calculus; nineteenth century
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) - Copyright Holders
- © 2019 Elsevier Inc
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- Brigitte Stenhouse